I Have Forty Winks - or Maybe Eighty

The Black Void - Episode 2594

I remove my travelling cloak, which I have kept on until now, and drape it over the desk. Then I lie down on the bed. I only intend to rest for a short time until I feel a bit better, but the vision - or perhaps my horrified reaction to it - seems to have taken a lot out of me. Before I know it, and in spite of my worries, I have fallen asleep.

Fortunately I don't have to endure a repetition of my nightmare. Or at least, if I do then I don't remember it when I wake. In fact I don't remember having had any dreams at all. I don't know how long I have been asleep, but the small window high on one wall tells me that it is now dark outside, so it must have been several hours at least. I feel much better for the rest. I hope that if Nadia had returned with news that the monks would have woken me. Should I worry that I haven't yet had word from her (or from Zal, directed here by her)?

I exit my room. It seems that all the monks have gone to bed, as when I retrace my steps I don't meet anyone, though the oil lamps have been left on so that I can see where I am going. There will presumably still be a monk on doorkeeper duty, though, so I decide to go to him and ask if anyone has been asking for me.

  1. I find him sitting by the door to the outside. He tells me that since I arrived there have been no further visitors.
  2. But there is no-one at the door.
  3. When I reach the door, I find the monk lying on the floor. His throat has been cut!

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