[IT'S PERFECT JUST LIKE ALWAYS.]

He agrees with an easy youthfulness that she has come to expect of him. Run through the trees? Of course Iso! Play with whales? Race you there! Get into a fight with monsters where you almost die and then I almost fight your parents? Sure! Where's the harm in that?

She listens to make sure that he is still behind her, but she doesn't appear too concerned. Unlike most, Isopia has full confidence in Zero. And why wouldn't she? He was there when she was named, is the one she feels most comfortable around, and is the one she has shared adventures with. He might not stir the rapid warmth in her belly the way that Volterra does, but she actually likes that about him. He makes her warm in other ways - in the cockles of her heart and in the way he stirs her thoughts like no one else.

She leads and he follows, and soon, they arrive.

They arrive to where she lives, a place that few others have seen. A place that she has made her own, and that she is proud of.

This is what he will see.

A glad, surrounded by a thick ring of trees on all sides. There is a slight slope up and to the right, drawing the eye down to a stream that borders the bottom-half of the clearing. Near to the backish centre is a hut composed of stone, mud, and woven leaves. It is large enough to accommodate two, and should he get close to it, he would feel heat magically coming off of the rocks. Near the hut, a handful of meters away, is a rock pool filled with warm bubbling water. Her hottub, the one that Volterra helped her make, is one of her most prized possessions.

"The leads have a tendency to escort out any who they don't know." She said rather matter-of-factly, as she swooped to face him. The raven landed on the ground, but quickly the amazonian-sized Isopia appeared in its stead. She felt awkward being so much taller than Zero - he was the only one who she felt that way around (because he was the only one whose opinion on the matter she cared about), and so she let her head droop slightly, tucked her wings tightly against her body, and leaned slightly, all in an attempt to make herself seem slightly smaller.

"I didn't know you were coming. I didn't know if your Ma would let you see me after what happened.."