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<span class="mu-s">Result</span>
Convince the Abbot to divulge information that leads to your sister: <span class="mu-s">20</span>
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The Abbot says, "Your story is convincing. You were right to assume I have information, but I don't know how it will help you."
You stare at him silently, waiting for him to elaborate. "Well, what is it?" you finally ask out of frustration.
"There was another villager woman who came here not long ago."
You stand up. "What was her name? Could she have been my sister?"
He inspects you carefully, then says, in a very cheery tone, "Yes! She didn't tell me her name, but the resemblance, now that I see it, surely speaks for itself. I believe she even spoke of her family, but I admit, I wasn't attentive to the details."
"Where is she now?"
He turns back to the stew he's working on, and continues telling his story in an upbeat fashion. "When she arrived, I fed her, and gave her shelter. The woods had not been kind to her, you see. Then, just like you, I asked her if she could find a wedding gown for Strahd's bride-to-be, Vasilka - this is of vital importance to <span class="mu-i">my</span> mission. She refused, instead deciding to babble about the horrors of the woods. I am chariatble, but my Abbey is not a place for people to come and sob, as you must understand."
You can almost imagine her here in this room. The idea that she could be nearby causes your heart to race.
"Her stay was short-lived," he continues. "Her refusal to find a gown for Vasilka was wrong, and this obviously required divine retribution."
"I hope you didn't harm her," you say, not able to hide the hint of desperate anger in your voice from even thinking of the possibiltiy.
"Oh, I didn't myself, but the forces I serve did. It is the nature of the guidance of the higher powers."
You curl your hands into fists. "Continue the story, please," you say.
(cont.)
