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Tonight, you are a medieval stone mason, waking before dawn to the sound of bells and hammers echoing through a half-finished cathedral. You spend your days hauling stone, carving blocks, and shaping a building you already know you will never see completed.

Cathedrals take generations. Bodies do not.

In this calm, immersive historical sleep story, you experience daily life as an ordinary cathedral mason in medieval Europe — the cold mornings, aching joints, stone dust in your lungs, and the quiet understanding that your labor will outlast your name. There is no glory here, no grand unveiling. Only repetition, exhaustion, and faith measured in centuries.

This episode is designed for relaxation, sleep, and quiet reflection. The narration is slow, emotionally restrained, and grounded in historical reality, focusing on atmosphere and lived experience rather than battles or kings.

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