Bitterroot Valley shadows fall, and hope has fled

was it the implicit species-affinity between the pair in likeness?

or, did again another light die upon appraising her?

governed by demurity; the girl turned elfin under the striking stranger's ken. heedful with wary step; having bore witness to the capricious nature of man ( or just her brother ) she addressed the beaming sun with the subdued whisper of a half-pious acolyte:

"have you come down from the sky?"