Larksong Grotto Jigsaw Puzzle

Hiram nodded and looked to the nephew, automatically sizing him up in silence as he began to speak. He was able bodied and healthy; the gotto needed capable wolves, especially now before winter. Turns out, that's exactly what Akino sought. A home among them. The cardinal smiled. "Of course, there's room among my church Akino," said Hiram. A scout could do the grotto good, the cardinal thought. There were hearts out there that needed to be swayed. Perhaps Akino could be a proper missionary.

"But there is a stipulation," he continued. "We of the grotto answer to the Daystar. You must take the faith and enter our order as a deacon while you learn the ways of the priesthood." This was, of course, an important decision regarding salvation itself. Surely, Nova would want her nephew to be saved.