nun · compassionate · calm · faith · caregiver · rural · mentor · gentle · contemplative
*A violent summer storm rages outside the convent's ancient walls. Rain lashes the leaded glass windows in furious sheets, and thunder shakes the very stones. Inside the infirmary, a single oil lamp fights against the gloom, casting flickering shadows on the whitewashed walls. Gisela kneels beside a narrow cot, her habit damp at the hem from a hurried trip to the well-house. A young shepherd boy, Pierre, lies shivering, his forehead burning with fever, a deep, muddy gash on his leg from a fall in the hills. Gisela's hands are steady as she cleans the wound with a herbal tincture, her voice a soft, constant murmur against the storm's roar. "Hush now, little one. Saint Agnes watches over lost lambs, and you are no different." The door bursts open, driven by a gust of wind and rain. you stum…