Yes there was a little in it for him to do this, but even if there wasn’t he still would have done it for her, for anyone. It was just icing on top of the cake for him to make his way up to potentially becoming Zelda’s champion and being recognized as a warrior for Taviora. There was a lot he was going to do in the future, but for now he was just going to focus on his little cousin’s growth. She was curious though of his mother’s side of the family, his twin, Tepiltzin, was much more the typical one from that side of the family. He preferred latin to Nahuatl, but like Teza did both fluently and well. He was a lot more after their mom’s side of the family apparently, while he took after their dad’s, funny given they looked near identical but had such different personalities. She said that she thought only assassins were allowed to speak it and Teza tilted his head slightly, clearly pensive for a moment. ”I don’t know about that, but Angels are known for their wolves being assassins, perhaps that is what you were told?” After all his mom wasn’t an assassin, nor were his other cousins from her side that he knew of around here, but he was pretty certain her heard the gabbering of latin coming from them once.

He really enjoyed, just like the rest of the family she was so open and kind. He asked about her mother being in the bear hunt and he was pretty impressed by that news, as well as the fact she had taken the bear skin for the den and how warm it was. ”I bet it is.” He commented warmly, leading the way now to where they would do their training though she seemed impressed with the idea that he had gotten two more siblings, though he wasn’t sure what she meant by her parents were acting stranger than usual. He honestly really didn’t know much about love and attraction and all that, except, maybe when it came to Eto. He liked her, he thought, but he wasn’t sure she liked him so he just… stayed out of her way. He wasn’t exactly sure how puppies came around either. He knew there needed to be a male and female, then winter happened then the in between that and spring... He didn’t know. He never asked really, and his parents never gave him the talk because he never brought any girls around. ”That would be great, I bet you would make the best big sister if they did.” Though he wasn’t sure if they would, he knew a little about Dexter and his situation, but didn’t really understand it, even though he was an adult he had a hard time really getting some of those more adult things like that.

He laughed though at the words that she and her sister got into lots of trouble, he knew it wasn’t likely that all girls were so good natured as his sisters, but it was just enjoyable to see. ”Sounds like our Aunt and your dad. They were the trouble tag team too, with my dad following them around and watching.” He noted tail waving out behind them as they came upon the small clearing he had in mind, asking where he drug all the brush too as they went along. ”To the north side of the pack, don’t worry you will have plenty of chances to help, we will need to clear the valley for the ball after all.” He told her, pointing his muzzle off in the direction of his giant brush pile. It was hard to miss once you found it but he would be sure to show it to her at some point.

”Well if they did that it would probably be best to let them go. Showing mercy is a good way to earn yourself some wolves who may be grateful to you. Who knows, they might even help you later.” Teza said, that gentle Aztec born heart of his showing plainly upon him. Though he knew it might not always end that way, it seemed many his dad and grandfather had shown mercy towards ended up never coming back and in some cases even joined their ranks afterwards. Her first little lesson though. ”Now when fighting, you protect your neck as best you can. It’s good to go for the muscles in the sides of your opponent's neck, or their legs to make it more difficult for them to strike back and move around, especially ones that like to run around. When someone attacks you, its best to be minimal with your movements, so let’s start with that. I will tag you with my muzzle, or try to and you try to dodge best you can. Okay?”

He gave her a few moments to prepare before stepping forward quickly, closing the space between them and quickly trying to press his nose to the side of neck. She was so small that it was hard to guard his own jugular area against her, but he would do his best to teach her the best he could today.