"Hey, you need to pay attention. We are nearly to the next village." The high priest was gray haired and growing a bear now. The boy that had once healed him was decently taller and in his own robes. He was a traveling priest under the high priest who had taken him under his wing the day he was saved.
"I apologize high priest, I was just distracted. I don't want this to be the last journey I take with you. Do you need to retire to a cathedral? Can't I just get you a carriage to come with me?" The worry in the boy's eyes was all too clear.
I hope you all enjoy the back story. I really wanted to give him more dimension as a father