Sequoia Coast you're tearing me apart, lisa

ingram was convinced his dashing arrival would halt this nasty business and all parties would leave on good terms -- boy, was his naivette toeing the line between incautious optimism and outright stupidity.

he nearly tripped over himself at the ferocity in furi's voice -- his ears pull back and his head snaps back in a surprised expression. he felt his hackles shiver, and as he turns to look around them he realizes they are surrounded. lycaon, kierkegaard - those were the only faces he recognized other than furi's.

he thought furi was arrille's friend and now it became apparent she -- and they -- were not. his expression sets into cold disassociation, and his gaze flickers from arrille to furi. he felt a lump in his throat as he realized his mistake in telling furi anything. wylla would have his hide for this, and he hoped dearly she would never find out.

lycaon was quick to issue cold command and ingram followed hotly in his suit by speaking up to the crowd. he was surprised by the assurance his voice carried, and slowly his posture went from confused and wounded to confident. "don't hurt him! that's my friend," ingram started, his gaze levelling on furi with conviction. she appeared to be the ringleader, and ingram hoped to appeal to her better sensibilities: "i don't know what he did to you, but if it was truly heinous, we will punish him .. but he's part of grimnismal, and if you hurt him... you'll answer to far crueller wolves than me.. or them." he motioned to lycaon and kierkegaard - they were an intimidating duo, and kierkegaard instilled the rightful fear of god in the dark luschyon boy -- but they were no match for the two matriarchs of grimnismal. ingram believed it was probably best neither wylla nor caiaphas were present -- the two had a way of escalating anything, and neither bowed to reason if it did not suit them. 

ingram did not want to see anyone hurt, and he looked to each wolf with a pointed expression that seemed to convey that they were better than squabbling pigs, and as such, should behave in a manner according to their status as wolves and not swine.