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| It took him three years to complete the death statue: a head-sized, bronze alloy figurine of the Seven, with Mother and Crone made prominent by subtle tricks of composition and proportions. It seemed to radiate the essence of Septa Rowena; he donated it anonymously to a distant poor sept. [[Kara_Lynderly|Kara]] returned soon after, sick in her chambers while he considered the possibilities of water pressure. Reading a translation of Vitruvio's "Principles of Mechanics", he pondered the water valves in his garden's irrigation system; when Father proclaimed [[Gerold_Lynderly|Gerold]] a dead [[thotwf|hero]], Thomas decided to build him a fountain. He remembered [[Gerold_Lynderly|Gerold]] as a troubled and somewhat scary youth; the fountain was to express the myth, the [[Gerold_Lynderly|Gerold]] he imagined, rather than the dead and flawed flesh. It was also a good opportunity to apply some of Vitruvio's principles to liquids. | It took him three years to complete the death statue: a head-sized, bronze alloy figurine of the Seven, with Mother and Crone made prominent by subtle tricks of composition and proportions. It seemed to radiate the essence of Septa Rowena; he donated it anonymously to a distant poor sept. [[Kara_Lynderly|Kara]] returned soon after, sick in her chambers while he considered the possibilities of water pressure. Reading a translation of Vitruvio's "Principles of Mechanics", he pondered the water valves in his garden's irrigation system; when Father proclaimed [[Gerold_Lynderly|Gerold]] a dead [[thotwf|hero]], Thomas decided to build him a fountain. He remembered [[Gerold_Lynderly|Gerold]] as a troubled and somewhat scary youth; the fountain was to express the myth, the [[Gerold_Lynderly|Gerold]] he imagined, rather than the dead and flawed flesh. It was also a good opportunity to apply some of Vitruvio's principles to liquids. | ||
| + | Jon and Kara whispered among themselves, suspicious of Father. Thomas disliked the atmosphere in the family; it seemed better to spend more time alone. He worked on the fountain: a month drawing, observing horses and men; a month planning the basic design, using shipbuilding books and the "Principles" as reference; half a year testing the engineering principles while working on the sculpture. | ||
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