The steaming, hot water poured from the bucket into the bath with a gentle splash. Svana slid her forearm across her forehead before setting the empty bucket down next to the tub with a sigh of relief. Svana, Hanne's nurse aid, had been caring for the strange twin for many years; filling Hanne's bath every night was the most tiresome task of the day but also the last.
Stepping out of the bathroom next to the twins' bedroom, Svana fetched Hanne and brought her to her evening bath. Hanne's vision was extremely poor and Svana, though she relatively enjoyed caring for her, did not understand how Hanne still could not find the bathroom on her own. Upon arriving back at the bathroom, as expected, Svana found Hilde there waiting in a chair next to the tub.
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