Ankyra Sound goddamn, man, everybody got bugattis

Bat's apprehension grew as they closed in on the sound. It was all she could do not to drag her feet as Tegan led the way onto the beach. To make matters worse, the sight of the quiet bay struck the Goufa—although she supposed she should shed that title too—with an unexpectedly poignant sense of homesickness. She missed the beachfront outside of Hougeda. She missed the damp, dark comfort of the cave itself. She missed @Kiwi, @Silkie and @Tux, as well as her older siblings. She even missed @Wildfire, much as she had come to internally resent her mother.

Most of all, she missed her nomi, and @Thuringwethil wasn't in Drageda anymore. That soured the bittersweet emotions swirling inside her. She tried to shut down her thoughts and focus on keeping up with Tegan as he began to comb the beach. He stopped to admire the sea and Bat, meanwhile, turned away to stare at one of the sheer walls hugging the sound's perimeters.

"When we get back to the Redhawks, I think I'm gonna go by Rory," she said to him, apropos of nothing, facing him to see what he thought.