In the deep black of a moonless, starless night; a lone man digs up the small corpse and carries it away.
The halfling is washed clean in cool, underground stream; blood and gore swept away from the surface of the world forever.
The man takes him to the mouth of the cave, sets him down gently and mutters the words written on a scroll.
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The halfling awakes; alone, whole and healthy. Beside him, in dewsprinkled grass is a pouch heavy with the weight of gold.