Stone Circle Is This Home?

"I was here once before, little over half a year ago. My name is Nyra." Nyra answered the Matriarch after a small pause. 
"Greyback had allowed my entrance then, and I was assigned Nanook as my mentor that same day. I ended up leaving soon after, to try and learn some of the skills she had talked about, like reading the stars, the weather...on my own." 
The girl paused for a bit longer this time, taking a deep breath "I wanted to make her proud, and I thought if I tried to show a lot of dedication to what she wanted to teach me, then that would...that would make her proud of me..." 
Nyra slanted her ears back and dropped her gaze to the ground "I know I should have told someone about it before I left...It was irresponsible of me to just vanish like that. Would you accept my apologies?" 
She still had not lifted her golden gaze to meet Valette's eyes.
The girl's body language was telling of guilt for leaving unannounced, and hope, to be allowed entrance.