Larksong Grotto and the snakes start to sing

Most of Nova's days were filled with exploring the Grotto and finding good places to nap. She had no real den, nowhere that she returned to every night, and often spent the night in whatever new place she'd found that day. She missed Grace with a burning fierceness that hurt her soul, but she had yet to find her scent anywhere close to Larksong. Clearly she hadn't been wandering. Was she mad at her mother for leaving? The golden elder wasn't upset with her decision to leave, to follow the light of Raas and finally give someone her full and undivided attention. It'd been a healing experience so far, His light filling the gaps in her heart and banishing the guilt from her shoulders.... Almost completely. She still had a lot to learn, she knew, but for that Hiram would have to come home or she would need to seek out her teacher and priest, Phares. 
As she walked, she caught sight of the small red man that she'd just been thinking of. Raas must want her to learn just as much as she wished to, placing before her the very means to do so. He wanted to take her into His arms, forgive her, help her, right? This was how she did just that. Trotting forward with a grin upon her face, Nova loosed a happy chuff in greeting to her friend.