Nel caught the snark, and the immediate reining in of the snark, treating Tyki to a raised eyebrow and a slight smirk. He made Gamuza cower just by being present, but Nel had learned to be around men that scared her, and one of the tricks was not letting them know you scared her.

Bringing up Hojo made her scowl though. "If I catch a certain professor smoking in here again, a glass of water will be the least of his worries," she said, before turning her attention back to Apache. The 'speak and die' look she was wearing was subtle, but there, and doubtless something Szayel had encountered many times before.

Ignis and Tyki's dialects weren't that difficult, then.