<span style="color: #0080FF">"Yeah. Every time I see you, it seems like your taking another step to what you want to be. When you started being able to go out on your own. When you really went for talking to people without me around. You make me feel a lot of things, and pride is definitely one."</span><br/><br/>Tarrok watched her just strip off and head for the lake with amusement. Aiko was, in a single word, a cat and it was adorable. Her flighty, whimsical changes from one thing to another might have been more adorable than the way she tried for attention. Though it was stiff competition, those head boops had some soul to them.<br/><br/>Aiko would find the water warm, but still cooler than being directly out in the sun. The lake went down for some depth, obviously the deepest toward the center. Her swimming sent small waves across its waters, like someone had begun melting a mirror. A big, deep navy blue mirror stuck into the pit of the canyon.<br/><br/><span style="color: #0080FF">"So does being around a body of water like this just trigger a reflex to strip down? Because it would explain a lot of things."</span>Tarrok joked. He came up to the shoreline, watching her swim. He stuck a hand in the water, gave it a small splash in her direction.