I offer friendship and alcohol

As she had hoped, Kotori brought the good news of the founding of his pack. In a way she appreciated how he made a point to mention the challenge that he had ultimately lost. Because of her own experience and the way that Elysium came to be it made their paths incredibly similar so there was a kind of kinship that she felt with him from that. She couldn't help but chuckle at the ridiculousness over the fact that his challenger had fought so hard to protect this land from him only to not claim it herself, but she knew there could be numerous reasons for that decision. Either way, it meant that Kotori got the land he wanted in the end and she was proud for him. It was obvious that he was proud of himself as well, but why wouldn't he be? There was a lot of hard work and faith that went into creating something like this so he deserved to be proud.

Kotori was to the point and straight forward with his request then, stating that they would indeed be neighbors after all and therefore he would like to create an alliance with her pack. Her brows raised with a bit of surprise at his directness with his request after only one meeting prior to this one, but a grin still tugged at her lips at his confidence. She glanced down at the gift he passed over to her and she reached into the bag, pulling out the bottle of wine he offered with a pleased hum. "I have to admit, I do like your style, Kotori," she said with a chuckle, giving him a smile as she sat the bottle down between them again.

"I was once in your position—not all that long ago recently. I staked my claim on a piece of land up north and ultimately lost to my challenger. I then went on to build Elysium as you see it today," she admitted, feeling that he should know her journey since she had witnessed his. "I'm inclined to agree to your offer as long as you agree to my terms. I currently have standing alliances with The Hallows and Ashen so I will not agree to any alliances that conflict with my current ones. I don't believe that will be a problem for you given your relationship with Ashen and your sister being the other half of The Hallows' ruling pair, but I just want to make sure that is clear. The offer I give to all of my allies is to have open borders as long as they announce themselves when stepping into my lands and if you have anything you wish to trade in the future we can establish a trade route of sorts. As long as all of that is agreeable to you then I think Elysium and Valta can consider themselves allies."

"Manea Mendacium"