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A quiet scriptorium scene from Pentiment. No. 007Pentiment · Xbox MENA · CC BY

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Kiersau Abbey, before anyone speaks

Aug 25, 2026

A room drawn by hand, holding still, waiting for somebody to start the day.

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The FrameNo. 007 · 1 min read

Another one with nothing attached to it.

Pentiment is a game made out of drawn lines, and every so often it puts you in a room and then lets the room just be a room. No dialogue tree open. No clock running. Ink sitting on a page, holding still.

Somebody drew this by hand and then let you stand in it doing nothing. That is a strange and generous thing to build.

I do not have a point about this one. I wanted it on the site.

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