Add Space between Podatus/Pes Ligatures

[Gabriel Ellsworth]

I am working on Gregorian chant, transcribing this source:
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=1851.

Here is how my output currently looks.

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The e \pes f podatus and the g \pes a podatus are too close together.

How can I create a bit of horizontal space between these two consecutive
podati?

(And, by the way, is there a better way to tweak the vertical placement of
the Episema object? Setting Episema.direction = #DOWN placed the episema
line too close to the punctum.)

%%% MY CODE BEGINS %%%

\version "2.24.4"

\include "gregorian.ly"

neumes = \relative c {
  \clef "vaticana-do3"
  \once \override VaticanaVoice.Episema.Y-offset = #-2.6
  \[ c \episemInitium \episemFinis \melisma e \pes f g \pes a \melismaEnd \]
  \augmentum g
}

verba = \lyricmode {
  Al -- ma
}

\score {
  <<
    \new VaticanaVoice = "cantus" \neumes
    \new VaticanaLyrics \lyricsto "cantus" \verba
  >>
}