'Ally' is not a word he has an issue with. Familial relations are the only terms that raise his hackles, and he has his reasons. "And Reynard is your ally," he says softly, mildly, as if considering. Alas, that alliance will win them no friends in the Nexus at this point. The public-relations deck is very thoroughly stacked against them, but they seem not to care about such things. They don't want human friends.

They just want to be left alone. That their approach to achieving that goal is so harsh is unfortunate. It may win them the opposite of what they desire, in the long term. Time will tell.

"What you ask is not unreasonable, though I am not sure why you have chosen to come and settle in this place. It's a shame the anti-violence field has failed us all. Had no fatal blows been struck between you and the mortals, this would be easier. Were there some kind of central authority in the Nexus that anyone truly recognized, this would be easier-but then it would not be the place it is."

There is much at stake here, far more than the life of Blaze and her Ghost. More than a momentary peace between hostile groups, neither of which really own the land they live on. There is a precedent to be set here.

"I will raise no hand to your House save in self-defense, or in defense of the few people I claim. I would learn more about you, should your terms be accepted and a truce succeed, but perhaps that is a matter for later discussion."

"In any case, I thank you, for a window into what will prove to be an interesting discussion, and possibly a monumental change in the Nexus itself."