For a few uneventful moments, Annubis watches as the chimera stallion takes his leave. Multifaceted eyes of golden hues follow the fleeting figure until the tall beast disappears further down the bend of the beach that marked the nearest border to the Shore. Mentally he made a note to make a nonchalant and casual perusal patrol, just to ease his mind that Asmodeus had indeed returned to his own territory. He didn’t need his neighbor charming his way through the wolf’s small herd in an attempt to sway any others to switch sides. Not that he fully believed Izumi or Hymn would do that…. However he couldn’t be too careful. An extra patrol was easy to chalk up as boredom on his part anyway.

’With all due respect I sought you first…’ the spotted stallion’s words draw the silver wolf’s attention away from the now abandoned shoreline. Raven-tipped sonars flex as the dragga redirects his attention back to the younger stallion. He continues on, offering to take Lucifer’s place as the second of Paradise and that proposal does cause Annubis’ lips to veer into a knowing smirk. Would he have done the same were he in the youth’s place? Absolutely.

Despite not knowing much about the boy other than he had originally been invited here by Lucifer and promptly abandoned, there was something in the almost cocky loyalty of his words that soothed his initial suspicions. Akkadian could have easily taken Asmodeus up on his offer in the Shores. Clearly, the chimera’s welcome would have been far less suspicious and friendly. The fact that he remained here spoke more than the few words that left his lips.

Being one for dramatics, the sterling stallion allows a moment of silence to linger between the pair as a critiquing arch of his brow studies the spotted stallion. There were worse beasts out there…. Like Lucifer for instance. How bad could having an inexperienced second really be?

With a scoffing smirk, Annubis dips his broad head, ”I suppose having another pair of eyes around here wouldn’t be the worst idea. You are far easier on the eyes than Lucifer was anyway.” he finishes with a mischievous smirk, his long tail flicking idly against his dusted heels.