Sleeping Dragon nature under constraint and vexed

Hush growled and the tawny Kru realized suddenly that he hadn’t heard the coywolf say one word. He tilted his head in the most minimal of degrees such that it would have only been noticeable to anyone watching him in that exact moment. Meanwhile, Dio nodded in agreement and exchanged a question for more information. Toxochelys had wondered at the answer upon finding Gavriel with Phares in his clutches, but he had been given the luxury of doing so simply because he had been second to arrive on the scene. If he had been first, he might have spilled the priest’s blood and been done with it.
 
As it turned out, they had gained more information by letting him live, and because Toxochelys had not been in control, he had stayed out of the way to extract strong reactive responses. He nodded in confirmation of Gavriel’s words with a grimly steadfast countenance. If Hiram wouldn’t comply, however, Toxochelys would quickly unleash the savagery he’d kept at bay.