The Master's Child
But now, more of the detail to either side is visible.
She's in some sort of storeroom, a stack of cardboard boxes to one side and some distance from her. Charlotte once more is on all fours, coughing and straining.
To the other side of her, a stone basin drips from a leaking faucet into a plastic jug, half-filled now. Several bottles, labelled for whiskey, gin and rum, are also part-filled with water. As we watch, Charlotte stretches out, straining to reach against her manacled ankle. She just snags the handle of the jug with outstretched fingers, pulling it closer, then carefully decants the contents into one of the bottles before replacing the jug under the drip.
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