Rehoboam would give the boy credit - he at least seemed to be starting to grasp the depth of the task at hand and was not shying away from it. Asking a young, untried stallion to list out a plan for how to deal with the Lagoon's men was hardly fair of the tobiano and he knew it, but it needed to be done. Answering a few hard questions of a long-time resident would hardly be the hardest task that Nahawi would face in his time as boss.

"There are some in the Lagoon that I would trust." Reh said after a moment, thinking of Azizi and of his own younger brothers, Kristjan and Marko. "But I do not see them among the other elected leaders, and have seen little since their promotions to form opinions either way." Isengrim was a wild card, one whom Rehoboam could not easily read from a distance, and while Jigsaw's presence left a sour taste in his mouth, the tobiano had no hard evidence against him.

He studied the young stallion for a while before speaking again, his tail flicking idly at his hocks. "If you wish to look outside for help, I would recommend you speak to Tyr in the Ridge. He used to be Boss some time ago, and was our General before that before he settled down with his family." After a beat, he softened and decided to throw Nahawi a bone, to give him a peek into why it was that Reh had asked so many questions. "Tyr and I once thought we could change the Lagoon too. But it's not an easy job." The number of times he had been run out of territories from leaders offering bared teeth and striking hooves was vastly higher than the number of times he'd been able to talk to them.

"Are you prepared for all of that?" He asked, solemnly, his gaze direct but not entirely unkind. "To see this through, no matter what comes?" His dark-rimmed ears tipped back and then forward again, remembering other times, other leaders. "I will not throw my weight behind someone who will abandon us again when things get hard."

StallionMutt15.2hGrullo TobianoSolomon x Keres