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Fina's name was drawn from the clay bowl.

Fina's stomach turned. The tithe. It hadn't stopped after she fled. The village had kept feeding the tree. And the tree had kept taking . Mother Village -Finished- - Version- Ch. 1 Fina...

"What do you want from me?" she asked.

I interpreted the fragmented title as the beginning of a final, definitive version of a story called Mother Village , with this being Chapter 1: Fina (likely a character name or a reference to "final/finish"). Finished Version – Chapter 1: Fina The last time Fina saw the Mother Tree, it was bleeding sap the color of rust. Fina's name was drawn from the clay bowl

"You're the Mother," Fina whispered.

The old woman's flame-eyes flickered.

Fina looked at the crack in the tree. The amber light beckoned like a hearth on a winter night. It hadn't stopped after she fled