First Friend | First, Only, and Best

Nicodemus hadn't had a lot of time to himself as a hatchling, despite his lack of parents, he did have someone in his life who decided to take care of him from the moment they locked eyes.

Izar had only been a little bit older than him when they were both hatchlings. The other elysiphim was confident and always had other hatchlings listening to him and trying to get on his good side for one reason or another.

And yet, despite how much Nico tried not to bother someone who seemed so cool... Izar seemed to choose him as a friend anyways. Nicodemus didn't really have a choice, considering that Izar had walked up to him with a huge grin, and then proclaimed that they were friends now with a cheerful little wiggle of their tail.

Nicodemus was apprehensive at first, but it didn't take long for him to warm up to Izar. Not only was the other confident and extroverted enough to talk for him in some cases, but he also was very smart in his own ways. As soon as Nico had mentioned that he wanted to be a scholar when he got older, Izar was already pointing out important steps he'd have to take, schooling that he'd have to go to, and was entirely ready to help Nicodemus with all of it should it be necessary.

Despite the two of them being very different personalities, Nicodemus' first friend was also his best... which wasn't very hard since he never made any other friends in his hatchling years, but that still meant that Izar was the best!