Fox's Glade i had held it a world away

mona was shocked; piper was overcome. but the younger of the pair was the first to find her voice to question, and mona listened eagerly as she inquired in the homba's direction. the cardinal might have gone about it more carefully, but the low laugh sounded again, and she could not help her own from answering, filled with a girlish excitement. 
they say i am, and i suppose they are right, the still-unseen deity murmured, tones flickering with amusement. 
welcome, piper. welcome, mona. cousins to my kind.
the cardinal shivered delightedly as he spoke her name, glancing to piper with an encouraging glance that suggested the girl ask more of the homba.