June 21, 2022   •   By Francesca Billington

‘Father, what do you say when the people ask why it is so hot this summer?’

‘Oh, I say it’s because the Devil got out of hell and is on the loose, hungry for innocent souls. His fire has dried up the land. God has shut the gates of heaven to keep the Devil out.’ Of course, he told no one that Villiam was hoarding water in a reservoir up there. It was perfect water, clean and pure and cold as ice as it trickled down from the far mountains in underground streams.

‘Isn’t that a good story,’ Villiam said, splashing a bit feebly. ‘You really are a good priest.’

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