Thought it might be people getting hurt in a building that made it so the castle could go there. That would have happened at the abbey, and it looks like it happened here. But- shit, I’m not so naive as to think that there’s a lack of houses that people’ve been killed in.

[ If that was all the castle needed, this would be easy. ]

But contempt for God? Someone really, truly believing themselves to be more powerful? That’s rarer. If that’s the key-

[ There’s a sound at the door. Wood scraping on wood. Someone’s barred it. Outside, there are voices. ]

The Austrian girl was right. The witch really is back. Listen to her moving around in there.

[ Then comes the smell of smoke, as the thatch of the roof begins to catch alight. ]