Bakugou himself has never really been interested in alliances. He doesn't care who and who didn't have ties with The Typhoon because he believed in their own strength as pirates. What he does care about, however, is avoiding anything that is inconvenient. His main reason for siding on the idea of allowing The Rosebloods as their allies was that he sees no benefit in going to war against such a waste-of-his-time group. To have them on The Typhoon's side, to say the least, was to avoid watching their pointless attempts to raid them or lose out to the groups they planned to terrorise. Bakugou wasn't afraid of losing in fighting power. They were strong enough as they were and besides, he inwardly monologues with a smug, they had a dragon. Luciferus could be frightening if he wanted to and Bakugou was no idiot to try and oppose him. If that beast truly wanted something, he was more than certain he'd be crushed the very moment he thought of something related to mutiny. Bakugou is no fool.

When it comes to merchants and traders, however, he finds himself intensely uninterested in their shenanigans. Sure, he can see their potential use of trading resources but merchants usually only cared about the money they made and that, for a fact, makes him deeply annoyed at their attempts to cosy up to a group such as The Typhoon. Connections are important but, as Bakugou's come to convince himself, a group like Sunhaven probably sought alliances so that no one would raid and run them down, so that their businesses could keep going without any loss. He can see an imbalance of benefits with the merchants coming out on top should an alliance ever be formed. These thoughts, however, remained as Bakugou's thoughts. The only thing the ragdoll revealed was his reveling distaste for the tigeress' request, narrowing his blood-like hues. "Care for an alliance," he repeats with a huff, but doesn't add any more attitude to his mockery of the woman. He doesn't plan on getting a death glare from the Captain but he's clearly unamused by Quantum's abrupt questions. She must have had a sheer lack of respect to have spoken those words as if she were the one who held the power.

He'd be happy to remind her that it was she who was standing on Typhoon territory, a place isolated enough that it would be hard for her to escape should she dawdle their time for long enough. After all, Bakugou too was interested in being 'straight to the point'. He loathes squandering and simply asking if Pincher 'cared for an alliance' wasn't good enough to the privateer's eyes. "And tell us who you happen to be allies with this time?" Relationships with other clans were always changing and as time must have passed since their last attempt, Bakugou assumes that this is something The Typhoon should know. As for asking what The Typhoon would benefit from Sunhaven, the male leaves this for the other high positions who must have been present the last time they were visited. He wouldn't know and he doesn't want to sit there making assumptions. Instead he goes with what held more relevancy with changing times: current standings and alliances.

He feels his fur bristle slightly when Pincher begins to speak, only then realising that the Captain was supporting his demand to know who Sunhaven was allied with, only to further ask for their uses. The ragdoll twitches an ear, curious if he too remained as uninterested as he was towards the tigress and her cocky boldness which laced her request. Then, the woman begins to speak and he feels himself filling with a groveling distaste towards the female, a sense of overwhelming irritation the more she spoke about opposition and the late Jericho. "It was a simple question. All that was needed was who you're allied with. I don't fuckin' care if it was your choice or not, stop tryin'a cozy up to us by pinnin' all the blame onto Jericho or some shit - how big's your ego? You said you're leader now, so bloody act like one instead of makin' yourself appear like a fool. Your excuses are drivin' me mad," the privateer snarls out of turn. To simply stand beside the cream-furred tom was to feel the intense heat radiating from his skin, the boiling of his blood as he glared at the woman. She was taking a very cowardly and longwinded way of explaining their situation, attempting to ease and smooth the edges of what might make them look unappealing. However, after speaking suddenly without warning, he begins to question his own statement about the merchant acting like a leader. What was Bakugou to know? He always chose to work independently, refusing to take the help of others. He supposes that all he knows is what annoys him and what doesn't.

His sanguine eyes narrow partially when she talks about Pincher's next request. Resources, gossip, fighting arms. They sounded more fun to raid in his opinion, but it's likely because Bakugou still stands on his disinterest of allies in The Typhoon. Gossip would be interesting but they could very easily kidnap someone, choke them out for information and go on that. Rumours weren't a very reliable source of information and, from what he's read in books or seen in video games when he was a human, traders were usually the type to respond to any bribery. Pay a hefty sum of money and they'd happily keep their mouth shut. But perhaps the ragdoll is looking only at the negatives for his first impression of the fem had not been a good one. There was likely many benefits - his brain just couldn't be convinced. "What do you expect from us then?" he asks, still bitter but much calmer than he was before.