the violent wounds are even now being
landscaped as “tone”
becomes ubiquitous
From The Magic Door by Chris Torrance
Bran Etymology
From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bran#Etymology
The Smell of Water 