Larksong Grotto for the time is near

vuk turned to smile fondly at her toddling boy as he emerged from the den, then looked down into reek's eyes as he stooped to shower seff with affection. her gaze slowly closed as the bud of an iris might at twilight; so this woman was to live among them? kesheph, seer, daystar -- vuk knew none of these terms, but one thing, and one thing alone stood out in stark relief: reek would move a stranger into the grotto she had once found safe.

demurely, she inclined her head in a bow and rose to sit before the denmouth, allowing reek a moment with seff if he so wished. for herself, vuk knew she must now choose another home for her son, within the borders of larksong, but the girl would leave the grotto to reek and to his ... kesheph.