Snowforest Taiga I traveled all these miles for you

Her ears twitched in surprise. "Worse? Do I wanna know?" Who would call him anything worse than Sea Bass? Not that it was a bad name, because he'd liked it apparently. It was better than "Shoebox", that was for sure. But he moved on, asking a... fair question. "Well... Maybe not seconds, but it's something that our culture is extremely proud of. We are warriors before we learn to be anything else." Such training had taught her to be strong, to keep moving forward when everything else crumbled away. It was what helped her remain steadfast so that she could get to where she was today.

"No King. Only a Queen. Males aren't quite..." Oh, how to word this. She searched for the language in her head. "They're normally not allowed to rise much in the Amazon society. But no, not right now. I was sent here on a mission, to collect our Prince." In reality, they probably wouldn't be staying here very long but... She found herself not wanting to share that particular notion with him. Not because she didn't want him to know but because... Well. She wasn't exactly sure why not. 

She wagged her tail at the mention that his pack was like family. "That's the perfect kind of pack then. You can support them and they can support you, like families are supposed to." She could relate as her sisters were some of the most important wolves she had in her life, even if they weren't blood related. "My question now, right?" Nocta took a moment to think of one, drawing to a halt at the pond's edge. It came to her easily. "Do you swim?"