"Yeah, once," Nova says. He doesn't have any pride to how he says it; there's nothing to be proud of. He killed a rat, opened a portal, and had a hand in the near death of Alex, Rishi, the entire Mortiz clan, and Los Lagos itself. What's there to brag about?

Nova tips his chin up, a little defensively, but looks at Blue over his cheekbones. "So what are you?"