Fortifications

[Nox]

Ivan asked if Nox had trained Cruz to do what he was doing. He shrugged. "I taught him the basics. He's a smart kid."
He was only a few years younger than Nox but he still called him kid. But he wasn't really a kid. Not unless he was one too and maybe he was. But right now he felt very much like an adult watching over his family.

It wasn't his family but he was going to watch over it just the same.

Downstairs Nox explained a little more about what he'd done. He wasn't overly elaborate in explanation mostly because he didn't know really how. He just knew. One of those strange things. Nox had always been a fan of fire. It was destructive and powerful, but now that he'd had the chance to play with earth it seemed so much easier. He didn't have to fight it quite so hard. He knew iron. Nox was coming to understand a little about the weave he'd seen Ascendancy do back in Siberia. That seemed like such a long time ago.

But they had more important things to work on than his memories - whatever the fuck that was all about. When Sage came back he'd talk to him about it, but until then he wanted to forget about what had happened.

Now Nox agreed with Dorian. "They will come to us. Eventually, we need to be ready."


Nox sighed. "All the alarms outside are glorified flash bang bombs, light and sound meant to stun and immobilize temporarily. We could go harder but then we run the risk of hurting innocents."
And that wasn't an option in Nox's book. That innocent could be Ana or Christian. "When Sage gets back we might be able to use his skills for some silent alarms. He and Cruz were working on things but I don't know how far they got. It'd be nice if we knew where our Atharim were. We know who's hunting me. We could track them."
If only Sage were here.