The stranger's approach slips past him until the moment he speaks, leaving him startled and immediately wary. His head lifts sharply, hackles rippling for a moment as he stops in his tracks. For a moment, he simply regards the tattered man in cold silence.
Yes,
His answer is sharp and to the point, ears tilting back just slightly. He doesn't like this man, no more than any normal person would like being stopped by a hooded stranger on a dark street. He feels suddenly cornered and eerily unwelcome; as if the atmosphere itself changed the moment this one-eyed man in rags addressed him. Why?
The edge to the stranger's voice grates against Zephyr like nails on a chalkboard, sending a faint shudder through him from disgust more than fear. He's never encountered this before, malice cloaked in soft buttery tones, but he's felt enough hostility in his life to feel it radiating from the man even before his final words. His lips peel back as the other draws closer, hackles spiking fully with the final words. A snarl is his only response, body going rigid as he prepares for an attack. He has no intentions of telling this lunatic anything, and he's certain that the response he does offer won't go over well.
arriving next round
He’d stopped for one moment and his mate managed to wander off without him. Kratos is far from pleased, it isn’t often that he gets left in the dust without word—even when they go their separate ways it is done with silent understanding. Black tail tip twitching, the behemoth searches about the meadow—turning every leaf akin to a brewing storm.
pops an Evie in
"You!" the shout came from several meters behind Merrick as Evien approached, fur fluffed out and green eyes furious as he looked at Zephyr.
"No, nope, nuh-uh. No fighting today, please, thank you." The brown wolf padded up beside his leader and brushed their sides together just slightly in an attempt to calm him down. It would not be beneficial to start another fight so quickly after their last, and he hoped Merrick understood. Of course, he would not stop the leader if he did want to fight, or if the silver wolf started it.
He flicked his gaze back to Zephyr, ear flicking in annoyance.
"Here to throw another corpse at us?" he asked, tilting his head to the side.
By chance the growing crowd catches his attention. Typically the dragon would leave it as a glance over, yet the thin frame of the ice wraith catches his eye and beckons him to look again. With two standing before his mate and hostility in the air, Kratos bulldozes his way over. Pale gold eyes narrowed, striding forth to tower at the side of his mate.
A snort is all he gives in greeting.
"Yeah - threw a dead rat at me," Evien growled back to Merrick, fur standing on end as he looked the silver wolf over. He tossed his muzzle at the big red guy. "And that one picked me up." Embarrassing, yes, but true. Had they hurt him? No, but he still didn't like them.
Green eyes narrowed at the growly pair and he lashed his tail. Annoyed, but not aggressive. "Like I said, fighting would probably be really stupid for all of us right now, so can we all just drop it and go our separate ways?" He looked over at Merrick, arching a brow. He'd fight if he had to, but he really would rather not. Especially not with a wolf that could lift him off the ground by his scruff.