Just listening to the exchanges between the different furs...
All this shadow magic... Umbras Incantatum...
It made Alex uneasy...
Shadows weren't necessarily evil, but in the same breath, they were rarely an omen of good... Gah! If only he had studied more light based magicks! At least he knew he wasn't an old dog; still tricks to be learned.
To the dragon and the shadowy fox, he points out, "Now hang on a moment; I know we're all antsy, but perhaps that, though we know each other's goals, it wouldn't be a bad idea for us to stick together. I'm not familiar with this land, and that's just me; it'd be best to figure out what we all know about the current scenario before anything else is decided, if we're being diplomatic."