Heron Lake Plateau Rock and a hard place.

Her proclamation is met with resistance from the golden warrior and more irritation from the dark-coated leader, but not understanding. They do not recognize the name of Tartok and that is what surprises her the most. It is vivifying—Ikkuma cannot recall the last place she had ever been without some form of Tartok present; it is more than that, she is suddenly much more keen on proving herself to these people. Her attitude drops off a little bit, she is distracted by other thoughts.

Soon enough she is given her one shot—join them and finally escape her past, or gather knowledge and move on. She would much prefer to stay, as is evidenced by her abrupt response, lacking her usual fire for a moment: I would be honored to join you, and very thankful. You will not regret it.

She would make sure of that.