Among the Powers
“He chased her ever deeper into the forest, never gaining a centimeter, but never quite losing sight of her, either.
“At last he collapsed, exhausted, beside a river.
He lay there gasping for breath, dipping his hands in the water and cooling his face with them. And the mysterious woman appeared among the trees on the far side, calmly watching him.
‘“Hello,’ she called to him. ‘Were you looking for me?’ “He just stared, too tired to call out to her, and nodded weakly.
‘“Well,’ she said, ‘here I ...am. Come and get me.’ ‘“Witch,’ he called, drawing strength from his anger, ‘you know I haven’t the strength to swim the river!’ ‘“Then I suppose I must come to you,’ she said, and she rose up into the air and transformed herself into a bird.
And in that form, she flew across the stream to him, and then transformed herself back into a woman.
“When he saw this magical shape-shifting, Harlen knew that this was no mere witch-woman. Even the most powerful witches in legend needed spells and chants and potions for the very simplest of transformations, and surely, to take the form of a bird cannot be simple.MoreLess
“At last he collapsed, exhausted, beside a river.
He lay there gasping for breath, dipping his hands in the water and cooling his face with them. And the mysterious woman appeared among the trees on the far side, calmly watching him.
‘“Hello,’ she called to him. ‘Were you looking for me?’ “He just stared, too tired to call out to her, and nodded weakly.
‘“Well,’ she said, ‘here I ...am. Come and get me.’ ‘“Witch,’ he called, drawing strength from his anger, ‘you know I haven’t the strength to swim the river!’ ‘“Then I suppose I must come to you,’ she said, and she rose up into the air and transformed herself into a bird.
And in that form, she flew across the stream to him, and then transformed herself back into a woman.
“When he saw this magical shape-shifting, Harlen knew that this was no mere witch-woman. Even the most powerful witches in legend needed spells and chants and potions for the very simplest of transformations, and surely, to take the form of a bird cannot be simple.MoreLess
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