Redsand Canyon It's heart beats fast now, It knows.

He took the compliment.
Derg sat neatly, listening to the man talk.
He hummed softly before replying, "Indeed. Nemisis was obsessed. Didn't want to risk him siring other pups, it seemed, even though he'd not yet seeded her." He lifted his eyes from death to the merle poisoner.

He then asked about the enemies Derg spoke of.
He brushed the compliment off, not in modesty, but rather in...distaste. He wasn't ungrateful though. But it was just a pleasantry.
Derg nodded.
"We do, Yuèlóng​, by the coast, and the Court, in the willows North of here."
He quickly settled an itch on his shoulder, waiting for the reaction, and likely further questions.