Then You Sit Upon Your Throne And Roll Your Diamond Dice

She was spunky and talkative. No wonder none of his other siblings had had kids yet. They were quite obnoxious with all their questions. Though he could recall himself and he hadn't been so talkative. He was a thinker not a talker. He gave a snort as she said ganta hadn't mentioned that he had family. He could straight up tell her but then he wouldn't get the pleasure of seeing this child become tainted. He wasn't looking to have do gooders in the family. After all those like ganta were weak and tended to let things happen without doing something about them. Well he could start with her then make it to the boy he could smell on her coat. It seemed either this girl and her sibling were too much for ganta's woman or that forsaken had done his job and culled any others from stressing the mother. He filed away the bits of information he gathered for later on.

"Of course your daddy forgot to mention your other family members, after all he thinks he's too good to hang out with the rough and tumble crowd. Though I bet your a strong and brave one aren't you Philly? I'd bet you fit right in with your Hellstrom family members." he eyed her and gave her a half smile half smirk. Of course he intended to remain friendly for now. Perhaps through sweet talking this one she would willingly follow him around. Oh that would be fun. Ganta coming to find his daughter conversing with what he thought was an evil man only to find he wasn't what ganta thought. Oh making ganta second guess himself would be quite fun. Then Riker could deliver the ultimate punch, by telling the girl how she could stick around and become a strong Hellstrom or return with her father and play house with the weaklings of the pack.

Oh so much mayhem was going to be created and to make matters worse for poor little ganta Riker intended to make him look like the bad guy to his daughter. She asked what happened to his eye and he chuckled. "A very bad man took it when I was little because I refused to fight for him. Of course I had been kidnapped and your uncles, aunt, and grandfather were busy doing their best to disappear from some nasty wolves in Abraven and Imerialum, after all they were condemning mere children to death because my daddy taught a woman to respect him." he'd start by making his father's deeds sound heroic and like he did everything for a good reason. He playfully tapped her chest with his paw. "I'd bet you have a heart just like his. Noble and kind, fierce and strong." he made it sound like such a good thing to be Hellstrom. Of course to him it was. He wouldn't change his name for nothing.

He sat up a little and chuckled at her next set of questions. He wasn't as alone as she thought. He had friends in dark places and siblings that tolerated him rather well if he had anything to say about it. "Names Rikeros, but you can just call me uncle Riker or just uncle will do. And as a matter of fact I'm not truly alone and I could help defeat all the mud monsters but I'd bet your better at it than me. yes covering her in mud could be of benefit to him. Then he could lure her to Auster where his siblings could either make short work of her or teach her to be Hellstrom. He could even ransom her for ganta's weakling pack. After all a pack or your own flesh and blood, he knew which he would likely choose but ganta wasn't him. He slapped a paw down in the mud aiming to spray some on her and cover her scent.