The power I exert, I do so because I am wise, and clever, and know something of the turning of the world.

Liquid silver and silk...

They were taller than the tallest men in the village

a swirl of smoke trapped in a glass bottle, an odd unlabelled thing unknowingly put up for sale.

The circle that they drew was laid with fresh petals from the cherry tree on a bed of salt...

Then he saw it. The feet of every man in the congregation were turned backwards at the ankles.