Despite his charming debonaire smile and rougish good looks, the pretty little russet mare with her curled ears still gives him a hard stare. While his suave demeanor may work on others, it was clear this desert princess was no fool and despite the youth that shown brightly in each curve and contour of her rich brown coat, the hardness in her amber eyes told him that his antics would not work on her. And that intrigued him even more.

He liked a challenge.

He listens to her words, a single audit flickering in acknowledgment of her thickly accented tones as again she spoke, her tones even and devoid of emotion... that is until she names her brother. Now idiot in any book is a harsh word, especially for those that choose to call the desert lands of Salem their home... for the desert does not treat idiots and fools kindly. Far to often he has seen the remains of those he dubbed idiots, their bones bleaching in the hot sun. For a sibling to call one an idiot... well that was another jib entirely.

Rougaru studies Aarushi's face now as she pauses, doing his best to keep the cocky smile that threatens to tug his whiskered lips upward off his face and for the moment managing to succeed. Of course he remembered her brother... and idiot was perhaps a bit harsh in his book... then again, he didn't spend much time chatting about the weather so who knows. Fool. Definitely more befitting. The primped and slender boned smoky stallion had immediately answered the battle scarred dragga's call when first he had vocalized his challenge for the leader of this land. Now my beast had not answered the reply with contempt. In truth, the challenge had simply been his way of testing the waters, seeing who it was who resided still in the lands next to him, and thus he had left it matter alone... at least for the time being.

However, when Aarushi speaks again, her words soft and quiet, there is a hint of temptation that lingers there causing his cream colored tail to flick as he focuses again on their conversation instead of the feminine curves of her body.

A single brow raises curiously as he cocks his head slightly, fixing her with a single hard gaze, his own words losing the cool coyness that he had only moments ago expressed as matters of business drop into discussion. "She is a pretty little thing, not unlike yourself dear Aarushi..." he begins, pressing his whiskered labrums together in a moment of calculated silence before beginning again. "I cannot say I would be opposed to the idea of obtaining her or you for that matter... but I must say though I do not see how it is beneficial to you my dear. I assume you have an explanation? You do not exactly seem like the type to give in to such temptations as jealousy over your brother's lover."