Herbalists' Cache i knew it wasn't actually you a few feet from my reach.

backdated - a few days before phas arrives at AS. @Zephyr

kevlyn's soul lead the fuming husk of caiaphas through herbalist cache, stopping only once at the thinning edge of a pine grove. she had been here thousands of times before and yet did not remember it; did not remember anything, save for the tantalizing glow of salvation, kevlyn's soul tied imperfectly with her own. just out of reach.

she did not even remember that hours before, she had cut down spyridon like a scythe through reeds.

caught in a bush of stinging nettle, caiaphas was only vaguely aware of the thorns that plucked and dug into her fur. snarling, frothing, she thrashed and thrashed -- freeing nothing but foaming, blood-splattered spittle the worse she struggled.