(Written as an interlude for my novel "Nether Gods") Gheorghe, a Solomonar, arrives to a village who suffers from severe droughts, after the spring floods have taken their toll. After vain prayers, the villagers turn to the ancient ways for help... Gheorghe, trained since childhood in the magic of the air and earth, suspects something (someone?...) else is to blame. Keeping Evil at bay is his mission, wherever the road may take him. Inspired by the Romanian folklore.