Arrow Lake beware the man who would kill a god

in vilkas' mind the other male's own hostility was entirely unprecedented and was merely serving to further annoy him as opposed to having what the firebrand thought was the desired effect. the other male was not intimidating to him and vilkas was not going to be bullied away from his meal. the meal that he caught. it was mostly scraps now — it wasn't as if fish provided anything that was substantial. it was not, in any spectrum, worth fighting over. a part of vilkas both knows and acknowledges this but he's ruled by his food aggression. he always had it even as a wee babe suckling at his mother's breast. he'd scream and push at torvar and aela until they gave him the best teat and when the trio begun weaning and eating meat he'd bully them for the best bits. it'd had nothing to do with love — of course he loved his sisters — and had everything to do with asserting dominance.

fighting wasn't practical ...for either of them in the reality of things. the stranger might've had a companion but at the end they were still both lone wolves and injuries could affect chances of survival. vilkas expected his warning to be respected because practical or not, if push came to shove the firebrand would have no qualms about putting the other male into his place. it wasn't respected.

the stranger did not back down, did not back up. instead, the other man steps forward and begins to circle, earning a snap of teeth from vilkas. a final warning. still, the whitemane's warning is ignored as the other male lunges for the fish. vilkas springs into action then, seeking to meet the other with a hard thrust of his shoulder against nikan's own with the desire to knock him off course and away from his kill, his muzzle tucking instinctively to protect his throat. the firebrand wasn't seeking to kill — only to force the other male into submission and chase him from his immediate vicinity ...and it was obvious that if he wanted that to happen it would have to be force. force was not something that the combatant whitemane'd ever had an issue with applying.