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A living rose root has stopped a garden clock. Sera identifies the broken guide, frees the growth, and restores the mechanism without sacrificing the rose.

Sera Quell beside a rose-bound bronze clock in a Gothic conservatory.
The Thorn Clock

The Thorn Clock is a nine-image Sera Quell art trial in the Rust & Restraint world. Gothic stained glass, engraved bronze, and living roses frame a small act of careful repair.

Sera ties the living rose root to a bronze guide outside the clock gears.
The Living Tie: the rose is secured clear of the gear path.
Sera watches the restored astronomical clock in a rose-filled stained-glass garden.
The Garden Keeps Time: clock and rose preserved.

Read or download the complete 12-page art review bind (PDF). Includes front and back covers, nine story plates, and continuity notes.

Story and project: Michael S. Moniz. Images generated with AI. Chair 31 of the artist-roster study; the roster reference is Barry Windsor-Smith. This identifies the study slot, not authorship or endorsement. The finished set uses a richly polished fantasy treatment.

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