Clear water slowly flowed out from the ladle and fell into the gray pot. As it was struck by the stream of water, the Green Leaf incessantly swayed.
After watering the plant, the Pope returned the ladle back into the pool. He placed his hands behind and walked out of the hall as if he had just performed a very ordinary action.
The soil in the pot was moistened, and the once-withered Green Leaf regained its former appearance. Its edges were no longer curled as the veins on its leaf grew more distinct, a dew-like bead of water lightly rolling about the surface of the leaf.
Many days ago, the Pope and the archbishop held a conversation here. At the time, the archbishop had said that maturation required the moistening of rain, and that it also sometimes required pressure. This Green Leaf had already received far too much pressure, and perhaps it was precisely the time for the moistening of the rain.
The Hall of Washing Away Dust was in the Green Leaf World.
