Miracle

Miracle was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
==Description==
Eivor traversed a path leading up a hill and heard the lamentations of two men.
==Dialogue==
As Eivor ascended the hill, she found two men at distinct points along the path and started towards one of them. 
<tabber>
|-|Blind Man=
Eivor heard a blind man at the base of the hill behind the ruins of a house.
*Blind Man: O, gods. Where is that fucking spring?This is impossible! Which way?Curse it! Curse it! Curse it! Curse the day I was born!
Eivor spoke to him.
*Eivor: Something wrong?
*Blind Man: I'm blind, you idiot!
*Blind Man: My life is shit. I'll never find my way to Clee Hill Spring.
*Eivor: Why do you seek that spring?
*Blind Man: Do you know nothing? The enchanted waters heal people! You just have to show up. But I'll never make it. Unless ... Unless you lead me there. Dear Lord, yes! Walk loudly, friend. I'll follow wherever you go.
Eivor began leading him up the hill.
*Blind Man: Lead me to Clee Hill Spring! My sight will return! I'll see birds and trees! Flowers and clouds!
*Eivor: War and squalor as well.
*Blind Man: O, thank you so much for pissing on my dreams. Do me a kindness, would you? Shove something in your gruel hole.
Eivor continued leading the man towards the spring. 
*Blind Man: Is that the spring I hear? It's nearby! Hurry!
Arriving at the spring, she turned to the blind man.
*Eivor: We are here. Clee Hill Spring.
*Blind Man: What? You expect gratitude? I have stumbled after you over rocks and troughs. Did you slow down? No.
*Eivor: I've done what I can.
Eivor set back down the path to help the other man.
|-|Lame Man=
*Lame Man: Dear Lord in Heaven. Give me strength!Ahh... I give up! It is just too far.O, I'll never make it. O, dear Heaven, why have I been afflicted with these legs?
*Eivor: Why do you cry out so much?
*Lame Man: Ah! Sorry, friend. I questioned the Lord in a moment of weakness. I crawled this far, but it seems I will never get to Clee Hill.
*Eivor: Why go there?
*Lame Man: Long ago, Saint Milburga's prayers brought forth a miraculous spring bursting forth from the top of that hill. A simple visit cures all ailments! In fact, the spring is the source of this small fall of water right here.
Eivor picked up the man.
*Lame Man: What? Are you going to take me to Clee Hill Spring? O, thank you, stranger! It is a joyous day!
Eivor brought him up the hill to where the ascent became very steep.
*Lame Man: I fervently hope I'm not too heavy. Huh... You seem to be of sturdy build. On to Clee Hill and Saint Milburga's miraculous spring!
They reached main path.
*Lame Man: Make haste, O stranger! For I am eager to walk again! Once more know the joy of striding across a grassy knoll on a summer's day!
They drew near the spring.
*Lame Man: Who are you, stranger? Someone doing penance? A Samaritan? An angel sent from on high?
*Eivor: I am Norse.
*Lame Man: O.
She gently put him down by the spring water.
*Lame Man: The holy spring! At last. Merely breathing the fresh air blown across its burbling waters will cure me. Thank you, good soul.
*'I hope you find your cure.
Eivor set back down the path to help the other man.
</tabber>
With both men brought to the summit, they took notice of one another.
*Lame Man: Who is that man?
*Blind Man: What? Who said that?
*Lame Man: I'm right here before you.
*Blind Man: Do you mock me? I'm blind!
*Lame Man: Ah. Sincere apologies. I did not realize.
*Blind Man: I meet nothing but village idiots. Why do you speak from the ground? Stand up and greet me proper.
*Lame Man: Alas, my legs are afflicted. I cannot stand.
*Blind Man: What good are you? A heap on the ground!
<tabber>
|-|I'm sorry I brought you both here.=
*Eivor: I can see that I have done little good. I'll leave you two here to argue.
*Blind Man: Good riddance, too!
|-|I have a suggestion.=
*Eivor: I see a way you can help one another.
*Blind Man: Would you please stick a cork in it for two minutes!
|-|I've done what I can.=
*Eivor: I've brought you both here. It's your decision what happens next.
*Blind Man: Huh! A lot of good bringing us here did!
</tabber>
The blind man turned towards the stream.
*Blind Man: It's obvious this piddling stream is useless. I'm stuck, blind as a dead dog, with no one to guide me on my way.
*Lame Man: I have no one to help me get around. Woe, O woe. Sometimes I almost lose faith.
*Blind Man: Wait.
*Lame Man: What?
*Blind Man: I need someone to lead, and you can see!
*Lame Man: And I need someone to carry me!
*Blind Man: Together we are as one full man! [bit ableist, gotta say]
*Lame Man: Ah! Heaven-sent joy! O! All because of this Dane! Thank you, stranger.
The blind man picked up the other man.
*Eivor: The Nornir work a tangled weave.
She found a couple of notes nearby.
:Note of Gratitude:Whatever spirit or god or sprite that inhabits this spring, I give you thanks. For years, years! I suffered rashes and pustules, pox and outbreaks, bleeding scabs, cracked fingers, and pus flowing from my eyes. But lo! This spring has cured them all.If only the lame fellow I saw crawling this way, or even the unpleasant blind man would come here. Surely a miracle would befall them, too!
:The Blessed Spring:Here I fervently give my thanks to the healing stream blessed by our good , she of the miraculous veil.I came in great distress and drank deeply of the muddy waters while praying to the blessed saint. I was overcome by a great trembling, as if my limbs had taken on a separate life! Much to my embarrassment, a violent purgation of my entrails ensued. A miraculous strench arose-- the stench of my sins! I prayed for forgiveness and, lo! The trembling ceased.I have never felt better!
==Outcome==
Eivor helped both the crippled and blind man reach the top of the hill.
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Category:Memories of Eivor Varinsdottir
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5
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