A New Life

[Nox]

Nox listened carefully. He had a feeling Carmen had taken offense to something he'd said but he wasn't sure about what so he'd just let it go and be more careful. He'd pegged Raffe right, though if this wolfkin was here for business not a client well that was different, maybe that was the offense. Why else get upset?

But it was her comment about a powder keg that made Nox smile. "Swe..." Nox paused before finishing his term of endearment and changed his tactics. She didn't seem the woman to like a cocky asshole, and while he might be one, he was trying to make an impression regardless. "Carmen, things blowing up is my speciality." His smile turned to a smirk but Nox let is slide quickly with a serious nod of his head. "I'm Atharim, everything I know, everything I was taught was to subdue the 'monsters' of this world. Turns out despite my undying loyalty, the fact that I can do what the monsters do doesn't give me a bye - thus the reason I'm laying low. Nothing in your powder keg makes me afraid. I can shield a reborn go.... channeler, thanks to a new trick I helped invent a few weeks back. And what I can't keep from the power I can wrap up in air. I'll be honest. I'm nothing more than a weapon, but my goal in life is to protect the innocent. So even if you don't open the doors, and even if I don't work here to protect you for a pay, if it's my home, I'll do it anyway. Family is who you make it right?"

Nox laughed, "Besides, maybe your little birds will teach me a thing or two. God knows I miss my sister trying to get the better of me with her invisible weaves. It's good practice."