Wizened

Wizened by age, he hunched over in apparent infirmity.

Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010

When the Wizened Man shuffles into work the song disappears.

The Grief Benches 2009

Wizened Martians and squatty earthwomen, eyes sunken and hollow, bodies blobby and unkempt.

Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 23.1 of 31.1 2009

I'm not a bad person you know, the Wizened Man is saying to Megan.

The Grief Benches 2009

I look back at the Wizened Man, trying to see the bemusement in his eyes as wonder at the world, but it's impossible.

The Grief Benches 2009

The Wizened Man's dry lizard lips are moving, saying things I've heard a thousand times before and I'm just thinking what chance has he got -

The Grief Benches 2009

I look past the Wizened Man's head with his dry lips still moving and imagine all the people rushing by us are children.

The Grief Benches 2009

I have to go back inside then, to get out of the way of the people on the street, to leave the Wizened Man behind.

The Grief Benches 2009

I'm not a bad person you know, the Wizened Man is saying to Megan.

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Megan takes this as her cue, and raises her voice slightly, tells the Wizened Man he has to leavenow.

The Grief Benches 2009