Redtail Rise Now we got bad blood

The alpha's stub of a tail — a curiosity in and of itself though Mercury wasn't the type to capitalize upon it, in case it was a sensitive topic — rose in what the dark skylark knew to be dominance. Seeing as Mercury had already lowered himself in submission to her he held the posture at her display and warning growl which reverberated through the air between them. His ears slicked back to his skull, acknowledging her as the supreme power within her pack. Perhaps if Mercury had not left Stavanger Bay, if he would not have came back experienced in the world as his travels and interactions in Odinn's Cove and Flightless Falcons had given him he might have found her treatment of him off putting. After all, he was a subordinate of her's, his loyalty sworn. Yet, the dark skylark recognized that she did not know him. After all, it hadn't been her to accept him but one of her temporary leaders, appointed in her absence. To her, he was a stranger, just as she was to him. He understood her weariness, and took no real offense to it. 

Reek had already stated he would have to prove himself, and it was a challenge that Mercury was all too ready to rise to. “I am Mercury,” He told her softly, keeping his eyes lowered, staring resolutely at her paws, nor sure there was any where else he could look. Saena had his undivided attention, and he felt that looking away from her would give the wrong impression. He did not add that he was Gunnar's brother because he did not want Saena to think that he thought it meant he was special because he knew he wasn't, and Mercury did not care to use Gunnar to gain him anything. Mercury was more than capable to earn things for himself and didn't need to use anybody as a crutch. Such things was beneath him. With his introduction given he allowed silence to take him over, though he was ready to respond to any further questions she might have for him.