Loving Luna
"Mira."
His entire body shook. The emptiness vanished from his eyes. Around the chamber, other Hollows began to react. One remembered a brother. Another remembered a river. A woman recalled the smell of bread from her mother’s kitchen, while an elderly man suddenly laughed, remembering cheating at cards and being terrible at hiding it.
The memories weren’t returning in order. They returned through meaning. The golden fire spread beneath the floor. Far beyond the House, the valley erupted with voices, names, and stories, Arguments, crying, laughter…Human noise.