after the classic by Victor Hugo, 1831
Medieval Paris, seen from the bell towers. Shield Esmeralda from the court that wants her hanged and the priest who wants her worse, ring the great bells as Quasimodo — and cry sanctuary while sanctuary still means something.
The square roars as the guards lead Esmeralda toward the scaffold, and you are up among the bells with a rope in your hands long enough to reach the parapet. The archdeacon watches from the gallery, smiling. Swing down and snatch her into the cathedral, or cut his certainty first?
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