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Things hadn't gotten much better for Arwach Môr after he and his sister had managed to get out of the thorny patch they had tumbled into. Not only had he bruised his pride, but his body had sustained a few cuts and scrapes from the ordeal. They had managed to re-join the Viking group and had made it back to the Stormborn without much fuss, but to Arwach it had been a failed first Viking. He was out with a new Captain now, without his sister, and things still weren't looking up. They hadn't come across any treasure, nothing to take home with them, and it was starting to irritate the blue lion quite a bit.

As he walked he kept an eye out for anything of interest, and it wasn't too long before he spotted a leopard resting under the shade of a tree. He narrowed his eyes a bit and looked around, but the leopard was alone. Hm...perhaps he'd have something he could take home.

He strode confidently up to the smaller feline, looking down his nose as he spoke. "Are you alone?"

Arwach swished his tail back and forth as he waited for an answer, his ears turning this way and that to pick up on any sounds of an ambush. In the distance he could hear the soft roars of communication between the other lions in the Viking party, but they were much too distant to see or hear the conversation he was having now.

When the answer came he smirked just a bit. Good.

"Then you'll be wise to tell me if there's anything noteworthy in this area. Prides, herds of animals, perhaps anything valuable?" He wasn't even sure what might constitute value to a leopard, but hey, if the other male thought it was important it would be worth checking out.

"A group of lions and I are sweeping the area to survey it. Any that stand in our way will be dealt with accordingly, so your cooperation is in your best interest."

Arwach waited for the answer and when he got it, he had to admit he was a bit disappointed. He could tell the leopard wasn't lying about anything too big, considering he looked a bit thin and he had a few somewhat fresh marks on his hide. Still, that didn't mean there wasn't something around here. He made a mental note to ask the other Reavers if any of them had taken food from a leopard recently. He'd have a bone to pick with them if they did! Not sharing the spoils was against the rules, and they seemed to be a pretty rule-bound pride. If it wasn't someone from the group he was with then they'd have another feline to keep their eyes out for.

"How long have you been in this area?" he asked, tail twitching as he slowly circled the tree to see if there was anything of note on the other side. Nope. Just a few old tusk marks form where an elephant had rubbed against. He came back to the other side but paused beside the leopard rather than in front of him, a brow raised.

Arwach gave a soft snort, remembering all too well what it was like to be a rogue. He had been born and raised one and had spent his life up until a few weeks ago being one. There were time when it was wonderful and time that he had hated it, thus when his sister had found him she had convinced him to join the pride she had become a part of years ago.

"Not often," he said, flicking his trail as he walked forward once more, sniffing the breeze. His group was moving on, so he'd have to leave soon. He wanted to see if he could get a bit more information out of this male before he left, though. Turning to face him again, he pressed on. "The pride I am from travels quite often, though. Tell me, was the lion that attacked you decorated in any way? Braided mane or anything like that?"

There were a few tell-tale ways to pick a Stormborn from the crowd. If the lion sounded at all like one of those in his group he'd have to ask them who stole from a leopard and hadn't shared.

A female with different colored paws. There were a few lionesses in the group he was in, but all of them were solid in coloration with a few markings on their faces or backs. No two-tone paws.

"Very well," he said, turning away for a moment to sniff the breeze again, whiskers blowing lightly as it picked up. Time to go. "Well. Good look finding food. I'd clear out of here just in case. It doesn't seem there's much in these parts."

He left with that as his farewell, not bothering to learn the leopard's name or give his own. He was Viking now, after all. If there was nothing of interest to take then there was no reason to stay or get invested. The leopard had cooperated so there was no need to bully or capture him. Just let him go and he'd be on his way.