Zeik likes it when they get angry. He enjoys the murderous flash that glints behind the stallion's eyes when his words finally sink in. “Come on…” he wants to say, “Let go of your inhibitions and be the mindless animal that you are.” He doesn’t know that his shifting disturbs the dark horse, but he wouldn’t care either way. It’s something the other creature will never understand. There is a raw animosity to living in his other form - eat or be eaten, starve or survive. There is no wayside, no room for emotion or longing or connection. Only finality and a sharp instinct. Perhaps, if Makai could’ve experienced it, he would think otherwise on the matter. The reason Zeik likes anger on this creature so much is because for the first time he can see the truth lurking behind the veil. No more pretending or shame, only a visceral fever for blood.
“You’d be surprised at what I can accomplish.” Zeik replies, brushing off the guttural threat with no more than the roll of his eyes. But Makai isn’t finished, and Zeik listens with half-hearted interest. The sigh that drops from Makai’s mouth sickens Zeik, and he wants to turn away from him in that instant and be gone, leaving behind the slobbering idiot for some other creature to mourn over. But what the black says in finality roots him to the earth, and his inquisitive gaze narrows as if to mock the other horse. “Oh please.” He drawls, the corners of his lips pressing into a dissatisfied frown. “There’s an explanation for everything. You’ve obviously just chosen to believe that somehow your problem is magnanimous in a way that I couldn’t comprehend.”
The latter is more along the lines that Zeik just doesn’t care about Makai or his problems. He shouldn’t be wasting his time trying to talk sense into a creature that clearly knows nothing of the sort. But he has nothing more pressing to occupy his time so he remains, “Makai.” he repeats, offering only “Zeik.” in return. His head tilts, pausing momentarily to assess the situation before continuing. “I’ve got no objectivity on the matter, so please, explain the unexplained to me.”
ZEIK