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Having managed to sleep, Madame Marlane and Sr. Grant woke and had a small breakfast of the bread sent with them from The Bernard's and a bit of cooked sausage which Sr. Grant had kept in thier packed supplies for the trip refrigerated small enough for one meal.

Having finished the meal they both put thier shoes back on and had a mouth washing of alcohol/ water and then ready started up the auto-mobile "Well that was a good meal to begin the day, lets head out." smiling Marlane and Sr. Granted strapped in thier seat and drove on out to the second location.

They drove on for several hours as it was at the furthest reach of the property being only just less than a mile from the boundary of The Bernard's land. They made small talk and thought and wondered what they might find.

As they finally made it to the location they didnt find much. Only a bunch of burned wood and some artifacts from the old mansion that stood in the clearing the building and its water source and a small out building similar to what an old outhouse would look like.

Exploring the ruins, nothing of any great importance seemed to be in the ruins, as so much of it was burnt and what little wasnt was of such great age and had been in the elements as the other locations cottage/ farm house to be useless.

Going to where the small out building was located in a pile, they realized a large depression in the ground as they got closer. "I think we have found the cistern Sr. Grant, walk carefully."

Walking slow to the pile of wood planking that amazingly was only aged but not burnt the ground had subsided deeply just past the out building, and a stream bed dry and barren seemed to be at the end of the subsidence.

"The stream bed there would likely be the best point of entry if we can get into the cistern from above ground without digging straight down into it" Sr. grant had already turned and went back to the vehicle and gotten a couple shovels for himself ad Madame, and they made thier way gingerly over to the stream bed and worked towards the the cisterns likely location which the depression in the ground showed.

Digging in they made slow going, the dirt coarse and stone that made the ground hard to dig so it was likely the Golum was here and was asked to make the cistern bigger or to clean it out.

They dug on making several feet forward, 2...then 3 feet and then finally a lining where the cistern opened up into a chamber that held the water, the lining being a rock and concrete mixed to make it water tight, and still once inside they FOUND THE GOLUM and about 2 inches of water hardly enough to wet thier shoes past thier shoe soles.

They both stood before the Golum who stood stone still. A statue but you could perceive its moving almost like breathing, thought it didnt breath it had a vibration. A living movement that made it alive but not living exactly, conscious but not acting.

Being extremely excited but cautious they look at each other then...speak to the Golum.

Can....you...Understand ..Us? Madame sounded out each syllable.