It was a simple request, wasn't it... A name. It didn't even have to be this real name. He'd know no difference if the stallion had no intentions of staying, but no... The mans refusal of his title causes him to stand more rigid. Only someone who was trying to hide or cause deception would refuse to answer such a simple question. He knew this from personal experience.
His teeth grind and just as he's about to spew profanities, a murmur comes from behind him. Hearing the soft steps and ruffle of feathers in the nights breeze, his crown swivels as neck cranes to find the bay stallion of Ischia. They had met only briefly before but other than that encounter, they remained strangers but with one purpose, protecting Ischia.
He dismisses the winged bays grumbling and returns his attention to the large intruder. Eyeing him suspiciously, he hardly sees the difference in height. They mere 4 inches between the two larger stallions wasn't a concern to him. If the stag would show evidence of magic he may become slightly but thus far he has not shown real evidence of such powers.
Lavender ears quickly rise at Brennen's comment of the strangers lack of compliance to his simple inquiry. A displeased snort flutters from his nares as his neck arched, bringing his muzzle to his chest. He was trying very hard to not instigate an attack. Trying.
Giving the black stallion another chance to speak up, he settles beside his Ischian comrade. Lavender wings loosening from his sides slightly. Hearing him announce his own name to the stranger he decides to speak his own, "And I'm Klaudius. The fighter of Ischia, protector of her Keeper and people... Now that we are not strangers I will ask you again, what is your name Sir?" Again his hardened gaze looks upon the dark stallion, "Unless you don't remember your name, but you don't seem to be that dimwitted..." A smirk begins to form of his lips. Illuminated by the luminescent plankton floating within the waves.
@[Hephaestus] @[Brennen] sry I can't control him XD