The wolf knew that the proposition he laid upon the table now was a strong one. He was never a fan of bluffing, especially when the cards he held was rather high. The game was set.

A single dial flickers backwards at her comment, a smug grin ghosting across the ash dusted corners of his lips turning them upwards into some semblance of a smile. He had not gotten his reputation as the wolf of the jungle by mere looks alone. The countless battles both won and lost display like a road map upon his coffee colored skin. Her next remark brings a gleam of mischief to his emerald green eyes. Deep beneath the surface, the golden eyed wolf growls its own amusement as claws extend to rake the malleable dirt. "I would be more than happy to leave a scratch or two Faolain..." he brings, pausing in his words as he takes a step towards her, closing the small gap of space that separates them with a foreboding smile. "However such transactions might prove less than beneficial for me in the end, depending on how you wish to proceed of course." he continues.

She does her part to stand tall and proud, her smaller stature rigid beneath the scrutiny of his gaze. She lifts her muzzle towards his and Rougaru finds himself struggling to resist the urge to reach out and touch the velvet black of her lips if just to arise some semblance of surprise or anger. So far, their entire meeting had been aligned by her wishes and expectations. Would it not be fair that he too toss her a surprising turn of events? The wolf chuckled it's amusement, perhaps later.

Now she demanded an answer. The prospect of aligning the herds beneath his monarchy plays through her mind in the notable sweep of her brow. She meets his proposal with the same reserve that had come from Xiomara. Cheshire grin tugs at his lips as he stalks around her lithe figure with the same slow dangerous walk that mimicked the black jungle cat on the hunt. "I like to think of it as an agreement. Instead of vieing for control or power over the island and the herds that share it, we instead would work together as one. The power of my pack would come to protect you and your herd should the need arise and likewise I would expect the same sort of loyalty and respect." he continues, pausing a moment to bend his great neck to rub at an imaginary itch on his thick foreleg. "If course such a request will need some thought no doubt. A discussion with your herdmates hmm?" he inquires raising his own brow now in question.