~CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BOTH HORIZON ZERO DAWN AND HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST~ ~NOW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BURNING SHORES DLC~ ~ALSO THIS IS A X FEM READER~ Being an outcast in the Nora meant you were not allowed to associate with any of the other Nora, but that didn't stop you from trying to befriend the one outcast you saw day in and day out, training for something you had no idea for. Trying to befriend them, you were always stopped either by one of the older Nora members or from the man who was training the young outcast. Once you were older and saw the outcast come into the tribe itself was the chance you finally needed to get to know them better and try to befriend them.

"I have not met a Banuk before. Only heard tales, I did not think to see one here." It was a polite way of Kotallo saying that what he had heard, were fanciful tales of hermits in snow covered hills who did not wish to socialise with the wider world. Nureka smiled, "I left my home for a greater cause." She explained before pushing away from the table with a small sigh. "Here's to firsts, I have never met a Tenakth before either; yet here we are, Kotallo." Nureka smiled and took a step back, she inclined her head and he did the same right back at her. Having aided Aloy in the battle of Meridian, Nureka, a Banuk Shaman from Ban-Ur promised to lend her help to Aloy, whenever she'd need it. Resurrecting an AI, dealing with rogue rebelling Tenakth along with everything else in between seems like an immense undertaking. Let alone one Tenakth in question joining the ranks of Aloy's comrades and causing unknown feelings to stir within Nureka, as secretive as the Banuk can be, even she isn't fooling herself or anyone else, let alone Kotallo who is as quick as an arrow.