The sheepish grin could not help but curl on his lips. The speckled stallion clearly did not find the humor in his statement. Perhaps he was not coping well with his age, or found offense that there was no room for older life, Dakotah was unsure. Either way, he decided that he did not wish to make enemies on his first day being back on the islands. Bachelor life was something he would have to get use to, being around so many other males was uncommon for him. “Ah touché! No judgment here, my friend, just curious.” The peculiar male in front of him did not seem like someone Dakotah wanted on his bad side. Although polite as he may be, the two-tone male could tell there was more to him than meets the eye, and he did not mean that literal.

Turning his attention to the buckskin that had joined him, Dakotah could not help but pin his ears at the older man’s statement. Although he had to admit, if himself saw a stallion that had been injured by that nuisance of a cat, he would judge as well. Still the statement did anger him, cutting his ego down a tad. He wanted nothing more than to return his statement with a snarky comment of his own, but he had better judgment. Best not to make enemies the first day he reminded himself. He instead stood quiet. He also remembered a moment where his mother told him to ‘respect his elders’ when just a colt. He could be respectful when he wanted to be.

Noting the tone of the man in front of him, he knew it would be best to not end up on his bad side, as he had enough power to decide if his presence was worthy enough. At the remark on what he could bring to the Lagoon, the snort came out immediately. He had spent his fair share of spars and theft of mares, especially when he once ruled the Inlet. Instead of defending himself, he decided to do what the male wanted from him: show his worth. This he will most definitely do. “Don’t worry, you will see soon enough what I can do.” He would also not stand naïve to the idea that he could in fact learn a thing or two from these two. Although cocky, Dakotah was far from dumb and always willing to learn anything that would help advance him in this world. Perhaps he will stay longer than predicted.

He watches his elders comment of another, making note that there was in fact another body in this hell hole. Cobalt eyes never left the form of the buckskin and he was not surprised to hear that he was in fact the one in charge here. Deciding to keep his introduction short and sweet, he nodded towards his new authority. “Dakotah, nice to meet the both of you.”