Friday Fantasy ~ Number Thirty-Three

The Holy Man and The Evil One

~ It seemed he had been with them forever.

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The Holy Man was with the people of the forest but not of them.

He had arrived in the memory of the Elders but was much older.

He tended to their ills and, sometimes, gave wise advice; but, most imagined he had wider powers.

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The people of the forest had, many times, tried to elevate the Holy Man to the station of Ruler but he had consistently refuse...