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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| [[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] heard a crippled man screaming to God. | | [[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] traversed a path leading up a hill and heard the lamentations of two men. |
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| ==Dialogue== | | ==Dialogue== |
| Eivor found a man complaining. | | As Eivor ascended the hill, she found two men at distinct points along the path and started towards one of them. |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''O, gods. Where is that fucking spring? This is impossible! Which way?'' | | <tabber> |
| Eivor approached the man. | | |-|Blind Man= |
| | Eivor heard a blind man at the base of the hill behind the ruins of a house. |
| | *'''Blind Man:''' ''O, gods. Where is that fucking spring?''<br>''This is impossible! Which way?''<br>''Curse it! Curse it! Curse it! Curse the day I was born!'' |
| | Eivor spoke to him. |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''Something wrong?'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Something wrong?'' |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''I'm blind, you idiot!'' | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''I'm blind, you idiot!'' |
| <tabber>
| | {{#tag:tabber| |
| |-|I am no idiot.=
| | I am no idiot.= |
| |-|Do not insult me.=
| | *'''Eivor:''' ''I simply had not noticed your blindness.'' |
| |-|I thought I could help.=
| | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Open your eyes! How can you miss it?'' |
| | {{!}}-{{!}} |
| | Do not insult me.= |
| | {{!}}-{{!}} |
| | I thought I could help.= |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''I spoke to you out of friendly concern.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''I spoke to you out of friendly concern.'' |
| | }} |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''My life is shit. I'll never find my way to Clee Hill Spring.'' | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''My life is shit. I'll never find my way to Clee Hill Spring.'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''Why do you seek that spring?'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Why do you seek that spring?'' |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''Do you know nothing? The enchanted waters heal people! You just have to show up. But I'll never make it. Unless ... Unless you lead me there. Dear Lord, yes! Walk loudly, friend. I'll follow wherever you go.'' | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Do you know nothing? The enchanted waters heal people! You just have to show up. But I'll never make it. Unless ... Unless you lead me there. Dear Lord, yes! Walk loudly, friend. I'll follow wherever you go.'' |
| </tabber>
| | Eivor began leading him up the hill. |
| Eivor began leading him there. | |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''Lead me to Clee Hill Spring! My sight will return! I'll see birds and trees! Flowers and clouds!'' | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Lead me to Clee Hill Spring! My sight will return! I'll see birds and trees! Flowers and clouds!'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''War and squalor as well.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''War and squalor as well.'' |
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| Eivor continued leading the man towards the spring. | | Eivor continued leading the man towards the spring. |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''Is that the spring I hear? It's nearby! Hurry!'' | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Is that the spring I hear? It's nearby! Hurry!'' |
| On the way there she heard another man asking for help.
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| *'''Lame Man:''' ''Dear Lord in Heaven. Give me strength!<br>O, I'll never make it. O, dear Heaven, why have I been afflicted with these legs?''
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| Arriving at the spring, she turned to the blind man. | | Arriving at the spring, she turned to the blind man. |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''We are here. Clee Hill Spring.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''We are here. Clee Hill Spring.'' |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''What? You expect gratitude? I have stumbled after you over rocks and troughs. Did you slow down? No.'' [Might be affected by running? maybe? he might just be a prick regardless] | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''What? You expect gratitude? I have stumbled after you over rocks and troughs. Did you slow down? No.'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''I've done what I can.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''I've done what I can.'' |
| Eivor then returned to the other man. | | Eivor set back down the path to help the other man. |
| | |-|Lame Man= |
| | *'''Lame Man:''' ''Dear Lord in Heaven. Give me strength!<br>Ahh... I give up! It is just too far.<br>O, I'll never make it. O, dear Heaven, why have I been afflicted with these legs?'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''Why do you cry out so much?'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Why do you cry out so much?'' |
| *'''Lame Man:''' ''Ah! Sorry, friend. I questioned the Lord in a moment of weakness. I crawled this far, but it seems I will never get to Clee Hill.'' | | *'''Lame Man:''' ''Ah! Sorry, friend. I questioned the Lord in a moment of weakness. I crawled this far, but it seems I will never get to Clee Hill.'' |
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| *'''Lame Man:''' ''Long ago, Saint Milburga's prayers brought forth a miraculous spring bursting forth from the top of that hill. A simple visit cures all ailments! In fact, the spring is the source of this small fall of water right here.'' | | *'''Lame Man:''' ''Long ago, Saint Milburga's prayers brought forth a miraculous spring bursting forth from the top of that hill. A simple visit cures all ailments! In fact, the spring is the source of this small fall of water right here.'' |
| Eivor picked up the man. | | Eivor picked up the man. |
| *'''Lame Man:''' ''What? Are you going to take me to Clee Hill Spring? O, thank you, stranger! It is a joyous day! I fervently hope I'm not too heavy. Huh ... You seem to be of sturdy build. On to Clee Hill and Saint Milburga's miraculous spring!'' | | *'''Lame Man:''' ''What? Are you going to take me to Clee Hill Spring? O, thank you, stranger! It is a joyous day!'' |
| | *'''Lame Man:''' ''Who are you, stranger? Someone doing penance? A Samaritan? An angel sent from on high?'' |
| | *'''Eivor:''' ''I am Norse.'' |
| | *'''Lame Man:''' ''O.'' |
| | Eivor brought him up the hill to where the ascent became very steep. |
| | *'''Lame Man:''' ''I fervently hope I'm not too heavy. Huh... You seem to be of sturdy build. On to Clee Hill and Saint Milburga's miraculous spring!'' |
| She gently put him down by the spring water. | | She gently put him down by the spring water. |
| *'''Lame Man:''' ''Who is this man?'' | | *'''Lame Man:''' ''The holy spring! At last. Merely breathing the fresh air blown across its burbling waters will cure me. Thank you, good soul.'' |
| | *'''I hope you find your cure.'' |
| | Eivor set back down the path to help the other man. |
| | </tabber> |
| | With both men brought to the summit, they took notice of one another. |
| | *'''Lame Man:''' ''Who is that man?'' |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''What? Who said that?'' | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''What? Who said that?'' |
| *'''Lame Man:''' ''I'm right here before you.'' | | *'''Lame Man:''' ''I'm right here before you.'' |
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| <tabber> | | <tabber> |
| |-|I'm sorry I brought you both here.= | | |-|I'm sorry I brought you both here.= |
| | *'''Eivor:''' ''I can see that I have done little good. I'll leave you two here to argue.'' |
| | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Good riddance, too!'' |
| |-|I have a suggestion.= | | |-|I have a suggestion.= |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''I see a way you can help one another.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''I see a way you can help one another.'' |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''Would you please stick a cork in it for two minutes! It's obvious this piddling stream is useless. I'm stuck, blind as a dead dog, with no one to guide me on my way.'' | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Would you please stick a cork in it for two minutes!'' |
| | |-|I've done what I can.= |
| | *'''Eivor:''' ''I've brought you both here. It's your decision what happens next.'' |
| | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Huh! A lot of good bringing us here did!'' |
| | </tabber> |
| | The blind man turned towards the stream. |
| | *'''Blind Man:''' ''It's obvious this piddling stream is useless. I'm stuck, blind as a dead dog, with no one to guide me on my way.'' |
| *'''Lame Man:''' ''I have no one to help me get around. Woe, O woe. Sometimes I almost lose faith.'' | | *'''Lame Man:''' ''I have no one to help me get around. Woe, O woe. Sometimes I almost lose faith.'' |
| *'''Blind Man:''' ''Wait.'' | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Wait.'' |
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| *'''Blind Man:''' ''Together we are as one full man!'' [bit ableist, gotta say] | | *'''Blind Man:''' ''Together we are as one full man!'' [bit ableist, gotta say] |
| *'''Lame Man:''' ''Ah! Heaven-sent joy! O! All because of this Dane! Thank you, stranger.'' | | *'''Lame Man:''' ''Ah! Heaven-sent joy! O! All because of this Dane! Thank you, stranger.'' |
| |-|I've done what I can.=
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| </tabber>
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| The blind man picked up the other man. | | The blind man picked up the other man. |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''The Nornir work a tangled weave.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''The Nornir work a tangled weave.'' |
