Irelyn didn't appear to be an overly confident wolf, she'd made no real effort to close the space between them and hadn't exactly gone running full pelt into some lively conversation or even made the first little steps to beginning one, simply responding each time Novella spoke. Even with all that in consideration however the golden toned woman simply came across as a little shy, the Author had certainly dealt with far worse nerves and had even gone through her own recent state of difficulty, those struggles were even less evident than Irelyn's now though.
Now would come the Irelyn's chance to lead the conversation somewhere, taking the courage to ask a little question of her own though it was nothing personal at all, a simple subject though not one that Novella was 100% certain that she could answer. Though she noticed things about the lands around her, she hadn't always looked out or taken note of specific plants. Could she find some lavender here? Sorrel probably would have known where best to find it, of course though he wasn't here and she doubted that Irelyn would want to wait for him to show up or of course if the boy even would appear to help.
"I'm not too sure, perhaps there could be some further from the water. I could help you look if you wanted?" She had nothing else to do here after all though still found herself a little reluctant to simply leave. Perhaps the search would show some trace of Arivae, some clue as to where the girl may have gone.