Jedediah\'s father walked out of his life forty years ago.
Especially since no one knows where Corbie\'s body lies: the day of his son\'s wedding, forty-odd years ago, he set off to travel and was never seen again..
And if he wasn\'t a good father, well, that isn\'t something Jedediah likes to talk about.
After all, Corbie Mackem was the Sarsen Shepherd: the man who saved the Smith clan from Ab, the terrifyingly well-meaning fey who blighted a whole generation with unwanted gifts.
Corbie was a good fairy-smith.
He won\'t apologise, he doesn\'t explain - and, impossibly, he hasn\'t aged a day.
If you asked the folks of Gyrford, they\'d tell you Jedediah Smith looked up to his father.
Now he\'s back.
Jedediah\'s father walked out of his life forty years ago
