operation little birdie

Kove found the vixen's words to be rather... curious. Never had he met a fox who showed such obvious distaste towards scavenging for food. Apparently, eating a carcass without knowing of it's previous whereabouts was 'disgusting', to quote the smaller being. It was quite clear she was being truthful with her words, as he couldn't detect a lie. Though vulpines of all sorts, and particularly red foxes, where known for being the tricksters of the woods, he doubted one could be so good as to fool him. No matter if they shared some things in common or not, he would still view them as being lesser beings, and the fact that some wolves ate them, and not vice versa, only helped to strengthen his views—though by then they were already practically unbreakable. “Never once have a heard a fox who would prefer hunting their own, fresh meal, over stealing from another creature,” the man pointed out pretty bluntly. If he would go so far as to overreact, perhaps he would have gone on about it being something like a new discovery, and that his findings would need to be shared with the world. Being not such a wolf, however, Kove didn't even begin to delve into something of the sort.

Soon after, the girl introduced herself, then followed up by asking for his name. Had she not added the two potential names for her to call him into the mix, he would have answered right away, but since that wasn't the case, he took a few larger steps in order to snap at her tail. He did not aim to actually bite into it, but to just get hive teeth close enough for her to feel their presence. If she would then turn to look at him, she'd be met by an annoyed and unamused scowl from the Inuit. Those names were out of the question entirely, if they'd ever been there to begin with. “My name is Kove, and if you ever call me anything else, I will make sure you do not leave this valley in the same condition as when you entered it.” The tone of his voice was filled with pure seriousness, and maybe even a tinge of his previous annoyance.