Herbalists' Cache the long summer

he sees her—sister, ghenaya. shadow and blink, soft as breath. she looks at him and he does not know why, only that it stills him.
caan too, nearby, glowing with a light he cannot place. they all glow now, in his mind. like stars.
then—her voice.
mama. comfort.
his lids fall. he dreams of hooves. of snow. of milk.