The dark eyes of the lanky deviant continued to rest upon Alexis with clear purpose. Tobias so having that near unnerving habit of forgetting to blink in those moments in which his gaze tended to linger for extended periods. The boy very near predatory without truly intending it and yet- he was determined to see his side of that deal upheld and so force Alexis to eat those chicken feet Tetradore and himself had mistakenly ordered. That very suggestion that he would need eat something in exchange was met with a simple nod, though whether or not the man fully understood just what he was agreeing to remained to be seen.Tobias so often understanding the tone of the words rather than the words themselves. The Leopard capable of picking out but a select few individual words- the others seemingly lost in whatever abyss existed within his fractured thoughts. How much the boy did or did not understand a decidedly debatable thing and yet- Tobias was capable of being far more cunning than most surely knew. The boy near dangerously manipulative when he chose to be or when he so desired to get what he wanted. His wants, in this moment, seemingly satisfied by Alexis beginning to eat those feet. His gaze watching with that strange, blank expression as she tossed one foot upward to catch it in her mouth, Tobias' head tilting to the side before the crunching sound off her teeth on that sinew seemed to bring that bizarre grin to his features once more. His head nodded in satisfaction and yet- the joy she seemed to find in those feet brought a scowl to his features. Nobody liked chicken feet.

"Sometimes.....I think...Pretty.....lies."

His eyes narrowed upon the woman then and yet his attention was drawn towards Henry as the other man took his seat opposite him. Tobias attempting something of a greeting toward the man- his name rolling from his lips- along with some bizzare effort at a grin. Tobias tolerable of Henry in every sense even despite the lack of time the pair had spent together. He was Tetra's belonging after all, that alone deeming him worthy of existing to the mind of the Beta. Henry too, understood his place in that pack. That far more possessive, animalistic part of Tobias seeming soothed by Henry's place in that hierarchy and his respect for it. That thanks from the other man for getting hat dinner readily saw those near black eyes glance upward from his own food to meet Henry's gaze once more. Several moments seeming to pace before those words abruptly fell from his lips in reply, as if he had needed to search for them somewhere within the confines of his mind.

"Yeah, sure."

They were the very same words Tetradore had offered to Raven only moments ago for her own thanks for that meal. Tobias simply mimicking that phrase, free of stutter, in return, the boy assured it was acceptable. After all, Tetradore had said it in response to the same words. Tobias assured it meant the same. Henry offered another lopsided grin before his gaze returned to his own food. Several more bites of beef hurriedly shoved within his mouth as Alexis and Raven suddenly seemed to make the discovery of one another. That girlish hugging prompting a look of displeasure to his features before his attention returned to Tetra once more with that abrupt announcement there was to be no more girls. His best friends ready agreement to that suggestion prompting nod from himself as if some great deal of business had been conducted by the pair in that moment- only for both women to argue with him. Alexis' suggestion of their 'bromance' prompting a further frown to his lips. The word completely unknown to him, his gaze drifting toward Henry and Tetradore once more in some effort to understand that near wary look Tetra offered him before Tetradore announced he would hardly know that word if it hit him. Even Alexis, perhaps, unaware of the true extent of that bromance neither man was content to admit too. Nor perhaps, off the very emotion he was....capable of showing when he was with Raven alone.

"What is....bromance? Tetra is....my brother and....Man Who Is....Best."

That he had confused 'Bromance' with Tetradore's upcoming role as 'Best Man' at his wedding was surely clear. His gaze flicking back to Alexis once more before an abrupt snort readily seemed to see him dismiss that idea altogether. Raven readily arguing that she didn't like to be the only girl, even despite loving the three of them. Whatever else the woman had been about to say cut off by those shrill, girlish sounds as Alexis and Raven proceeded to jump up and down with one another. Tobias proceeding to stare at the pair with some measure of wary confusion and clear bafflement at this action. Raven suddenly rushing forward to hug Tetradore with enough force to near send the man toppling from his chair, Tobias diving forward to grasp the side of that chair as Tetradore grasped the table itself in an effort to keep himself upright.

"Birdie! Chairs are....not for.....knocking people....out off!"

Birdie, it seemed, was being thoroughly told off for her actions this evening. Tobias himself having been told off by the woman a number of times for using chairs as weapons. This, he was sure, was no different. The lanky leopard continuing to eye that pair of women warily before turning back to Henry and Tetra once more. His shoulders lifting in a shrug of sorts.

"Girls are....silly and make....jumps...like....rabbits and...eat feet."

His gaze cut readily sideways then, Tobias, it seemed, far more aware of the teasing bait of his comments then he let on. The boy innocently reaching for another piece of beef then as if he had said nothing at all. Tobias well aware the girls could hear him in every sense as his gaze lifted to his male companions once more. His attention upon Henry now.

"Does Hen-rrrrry....want to.....play with.....Steve and...Charles after....dinner?"

Who or what 'Steve' and 'Charles' were remained to be seen, let alone why they had been mentioned now.

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