Of all her sisters, Echo was the one she liked the least - from the constant squabbles for dominance to her aggression without authorization. They had a few spats for dominance in the pack, but Delta managed to reign as Blue's second in command for quite a long time now. Since birth. Being second gave her certain advantages, like in minor squabbles over the juicest bits of carrion, so she was ready to fight for it, if need be. Delta didn't care about the Ascendants around, but she did care about meeting Echo and re-establishing the pack order.

Letting out a loud broadcast call to advertise her presence to Echo, the older utahraptor stood tall and in a rather dominant posture. Unwittingly, this caused the terrified NPCs to scatter, but Delta didn't care all that much. Since being in the Ascendants territory, she hardly ever went with a hungry belly. Between the abundant prey, carrion pile, and snacks from the mammal pack... well, she set up a pretty sweet gig for herself. Which was the reason why she bothered to stay in the territory - and, of course, keeping her dominance over Echo would ensure keeping the choicest picks for herself. Long tail whipping behind her, the teal colored dinosaur tucked her arms into her body and extended her head to let out another loud call.

Huffing, it seemed her instincts' anticipation rang true - Echo forgot her place in the pack order. Growling as a final warning for her younger sister to back off, she held her ground in the face of the charge. Swerving to the side, she avoided Echo's scarred jaws and ignored the claws that tore into her scaled chest. Echo, arguably more aggressive even than Blue, fought recklessly. Delta capitalized on her position at Echo's flank to advance, launching herself forward from a standstill while her sister left herself open for attack by fighting physics in reversing the momentum of such a large body.

Her neck launched forward with her lunge, as she attempted to sink her teeth into the side of Echo's face or neck area. Not to kill, but to hold her younger sister in a subordinate position until the proper pack order was acknowledged. Her clawed arms, likewise, tried to keep hold on Echo's neck. Naturally, fearsome weapons were still weapons, and Echo already had one nasty scar from a lost dominance battle. Even though raptors were pack animals, dominance fights weren't known for their gentle blows.

As expected, Echo struggled a bit, but accepted the pack ordering once more - for now, anyway. Their time apart seemed to make Echo more aggressive than usual, as opposed to Delta's increase in problem solving skills. Either way, the utahraptor didn't think about this interesting perception for long; now that the status quo remained upheld, Echo's upstart went to the back of her brain, forgiven and nearly forgotten. Indeed, she had something new to focus her primitive logic onto: the crippled kitty that Echo already locked onto as a potential target. She chuffed in slight irritation - prey that small hardly seemed worth the effort, but she wouldn't turn down an easy snack when its injuries made it such an obvious target.

Circling to Roy's side, she growled as the mammal performed magic to attack her sister. "Back up, circle!" she babbled to Echo, knowing there were easier targets around. Like Bast and the young mammal, this one possessed weird abilities that she didn't know how to counter - though, where the others held carrion producing abilities, this one seemed potentially capable of harming them. For now, she just wanted Echo to back up and try to outflank the fire-wielding creature.

Turning her attention back to Roy, she let out a loud shriek at him. Her sickle claw tapped on the ground, as she looked at the mammal with an oddly intelligent gaze. Right now, she knew - from living in this territory for a week - that Roy belonged to the mammal group that lived here, obvious by the scent clinging to his fur. Thus far, that pack left her alone if she left them alone. Yet, this was also the first time she encountered a situation where one of them could potentially hurt her or one of her sisters. Right now, it seemed equally likely that he'd just walk away or continue to attack them. Hence the standoff; if he wanted to hurt the pack, she'd lead the charge to attack him right back.

[b]¼  RAPTOR PACK— FERAL — THE ASCENDANTS