1; 1542, England
Rhode was young, and she was also dying. The nurse came back to caress the head of limp golden hair from Rhode's ghastly skin. With a steady, practiced hand the aged nurse pressed a wrinkled hand covered in a sweetly-scented silk handkerchief to the girl's mouth. It came away reddened with rust and anger, her life's blood rejecting her body entirely.
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Rhode was young, and she was also dying. The nurse came back to caress the head of limp golden hair from Rhode's ghastly skin. With a steady, practiced hand the aged nurse pressed a wrinkled hand covered in a sweetly-scented silk handkerchief to the girl's mouth. It came away reddened with rust and anger, her life's blood rejecting her body entirely.
( I think I want to make this right. )