a grimace slid onto his lips as fraggle approached, the child practically bounding with positive energy, enough to make the hellhound snort and turn away from him. aesior moved up slowly, stopping behind damion, then padded forwards to sniff at the king cheetah's shoulder. a warning growl slipping from his throat as the guard looked at the newcomer, hinting that blood would be spilt should he decide to attack the mute. fraggle just up and directly said mercury could join and the growl got louder as he stood, towering over the rabbit thing, drooping his muzzle down to murmur, "hush." venom dripped from his lips but he didn't do anything about it,