Storm Front

He had few he trusted, and Nocta just had few. No reason, other than she didn't quite fit in back in the Ridge. That comment, and his ideas of the Rise's recent power changes went uncommented, if only because she didn't know. She'd been gone as long as he had and had no knowledge of it. Of any of it. 

Ears twitched. Water. She heard water under the tune of his words, which were still important. She just wanted to find the source of the sound. Tez went on to explain what she'd guessed. He had a thing for Two-Face and had some doubts floating around his head about it all. Nochtli told him what she would have told anyone else. "Just tell her. Don't beat around the bush. It's better to get it out there and know her response, rather than just let your mind come up with scenarios that may not even happen." 

She let him go on again though, nodding at his answer to her question. It made sense that he was not only remembering parts of his past, but that the Tezcacoatl she knew was also becoming one with the wolf of now. In that moment, she broke from him and surged ahead, only to have her paws splash into cool, crystalline water. "Beautiful," She whispered, delighted that she'd found her target. Her tail wagged, eyes glancing back at hi, "Care for a swim?"