Sumayl only just avoided giving Jace a flat look when the ebony male growled at him and then chided him on saying the word 'damn'. If he thought that was cursing then clearly he had the ears of a virgin because that was hardly the most vulgar word Sumayl had ever used; and if that was the case the Ostrega would have the ebony man blushing like a maiden, bothered by the crass words that fell easily from his lips. Sumayl supposed he could have boasted his skills in a much more tactful manner probably but why pretend to be something that he really wasn't? That was deceitful and Sumayl was a lot of things but he'd never considered himself to be a liar. Sumayl wanted to tell Jace that he had no right to chide the Ostrega like a child but resisted because, evidently, he already looked bad. The Ostrega shot Vienna a sidelong glance having the feeling that, while he hadn't planned on letting her down and crushing her hopes or anything, that he was going to bomb this.
Jace persisted by asking why out of all the wolves he had to choose from — which Sumayl didn't see any other wolves gunning to be apart of this pack aside from himself (and really gunning it was a bit of a stretch). As if to make the point he looked around him as if trying to see what others Jace had to choose from. The way he entirely picked apart Sumyal's skill set had left the Ostrega feeling annoyed. If that was how he treated all potential joiners it was surprising they anyone actually stayed around after that. Sumayl didn't know about anyone else but he didn't particularly enjoy or take a liking to having Jace basically say that his skills were nothing. “What does it matter what I've done with my skills? You basically just made them seem like they don't matter. I'm not going to lie to you and tell you I have skills that I don't just because I think it'll impress you. If my skills are so insignificant to you then fine. Tell me you don't need me and I'll leave.” It would seem, today, that Vienna's “good instincts” failed her and while Sumayl felt bad about it he also wasn't going to stand there and have this man tell him that his skills were shit because he and Vienna could run with the best of them and didn't need him. Sumayl might not have been tactful but neither was Jace looking very tactful in that moment, either.