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Thanks goes to Waterfall for beta-reading.
Rest
It was a place of healing, recharging and reflection. The cottage stood in a forest clearing, and was bathed in sunlight most of the day.
Water came from a spring running out into a small lake a few yards away. The air was always full of the sound of birds and running water.
"Rest," she told him. "Heal. Read something if you want to."
And because it was so tempting, and it was she who told him to, and his skin really had turned very sallow, he did as she suggested.
Besides, there was nothing else there to do.