When Vel ate the feather, Huggin almost shifted to his human form and struck him down right then and there. It was only the fear of his mistress that he kept his bird form and watched in absolute horror induced silence as the wolf devoured his feather. Huggin had assumed he would use the feather as a way to taunt him. Maybe hang it from a necklace around his neck. He never thought for even a moment  that this [i]thing[/i] would eat a [i]part of him[/i]. He wasn't sure how his magic would interact with the magic of the wolf but he figured he would now find out. 

When the two embraced, Huggin watched with a blank expression on his face. He was so very sick of this man. He was so very much done with him. Wolves were never to be trusted and yet, here was his mistress staking claim on one right before his eyes. He wondered, for even a moment, if this would end the same as his previous master. Would the Phantom Queen eventually die to her 'pet' just as Odin had all those centuries ago. He watched as they rose into the air, her magic flaring around them in a chaotic show of strength. The Morrigan was not exactly stronger than Odin. It really wasn't capable to compare one god to another in such a matter. The two were completely different from each other. Especially since The Phantom Queen was essentially three people merged into one. 

Huggin looked over to the protective bubble that held both Anand and Macha. He wondered how they would feel to know that Babd was doing such a thing to the wolf that had offered them help, but only an hour before. He was sure it wouldn't go over well when they found out. He imagined Anand, most of all, would not be happy about it. He sighed at his mistress's brashness. Sometimes, she truly did not think things through properly. Hopefully this will not backfire on them in the long run. He shivered at the thought before rolling his shoulders and cracking his neck, as if releasing those dark thoughts with the pop of his stiff neck and loosening of tense muscles. 

When Babd finally released Vel, Huggin kept his eyes on the wolf with that same blank look on his face. He only looked away from the wolf for a moment when Babd ordered him to get the gun. Huggin would have been more than happy to ignore the wolf completely until he made a comment about how Babd tasted. He patiently watched for Babd to make her little speech before she squatted right in front of the wolf, the signs of a smile flickering into life on the very edge of his lips.

“You know, wolf. You're trying to bluster but you know as well as me, you're caught. How does it feel to know there's a collar around your neck and not one around mine, hmm? See, I can leave, whenever the [i]fuck[/i] I want.” With that last sentence, he put the barrel to the wolf's head and pulled the trigger, pausing for only a moment as Vel's face turned to that of his old master. 

This didn't hurt Huggin as much as Vel thought it would. Instead, it just made the man mad. He had centuries to get over the lost of his old master. His image did not stir up pain like it once did but Vel trying to use it to upset Huggin just enraged the raven. He fired the gun twice more, Babd looking over at him as he stood up and threw the gun to the side. Babd looked down at Vel and watched as invisible claws, a tail, and other features dissolved into nothing on the ground. She gave a small nod before she retrieved her sisters. 

As Mal woke, inspecting his new bindings, Babd filled Anand in on what was going on, Huggin stood over the wolf and produced his spear and rested he head of it on his shoulder, just a warning to make sure the wolf remained right where he was. When Vel's voice crept into Huggin's mind, the spear tip moved ever so slightly closer to Mal's jugular. Great, now he had the stupid wolf stuck in his head. 

“It's cute you think you know anything about gods, pup. You've been alive, what, maybe a hundred years? Come talk to me again when you actually know the full facts of the story instead of just the little cliff notes you got from eating my feather. You don't know anything about the goddesses that just bound you but you'll learn. You've got the rest of eternity to serve her like a nice, little, pup.” He gave a harsh laugh in his head but you wouldn't know it by his blank expression that remained on his face as he watched Mal. Vel wasn't the first one to talk to him in that manner and wouldn't be the first. If it turned into too much of a hassle, he'll tell Babd and he's sure she would bind his voice to his own head. 

Anand and Babd came to sit down next to Mal, Anand looking to the spear next to Mal's throat with a frown. “Perhaps that's not necessary. Maybe we can lessen the aggression just a bit?” Huggin shook his head as he shifted his grip on the spear. 

“Fraid not, especially since Babd is about to tell him about how she bound them to her.” Anand blinked fiercely for a few blinks before she turned to face Babd sitting on the ground next to her. 

“I'm sorry. What did he just say?” Babd didn't look at Anand, knowing full well she was going to be very, very angry at her for binding a living soul to them, let alone multiple in the form of Mal and Vel. “Babd,” Anand leaned forward and locked her gray eyes on Babd, her face forming a sneer, “I need to hear you say you didn't bind the wolf that threatened his own life to help us. I need you to say that for me. Come on, just say it.” 

Babd clenched her lips into a tight line on her face before she finally threw her hands up in protest. “He demanded a kiss from me, Anand! What was I supposed to do?”

Anand was in full rage now as she reached over and gave her sister a firm swat on the back of her head, causing Babd's head to fly forward as she let out of a surprised grunt. “Not [i]BIND HIM[/i]! What do you mean, what was I supposed to do? Do like every other logical person in the world and thank him! Like a thankful sister and not try and suck his very soul out of his body! Damnit Babd.” Anand stood up and began pacing, her hands in the air and punctuating each of her statements with a fierce point either at Mal or at Babd, almost as if she was trying to call down thunder to smite the two of them with each point. 

“You're such an idiot! Surely it hasn't been so long since you handled non deities that you [i][b]FORGOT[/B][/I] that it's [i][b]NOT[/b][/i] okay to just go around binding living souls to you!” Anand came to stand before Babd, the feathered one staring up at her sister with wide eyes. It had been a very long time since she saw Anand so angry. Eventually Anand sat down with a loud huff as she stared at her sister, her arms crossed over her chest. 

Babd slowly opened her mouth to speak but shut it quickly at the look that Anand gave her. It was obvious that Anand wasn't looking for an actual excuse. She wanted Babd to understand just how angry she was but Anand was also absolutely exhausted. Eventually she released a low sigh and her arms dropped down. “I'm getting too old for this.” She pinched the bridge of her nose before she turned her eyes back to Mal, magic causing her gray irises to flicker like dancing flames as she examined his form. Sure enough, there on his wrists and around his neck was Babd's abyssal magic in the form of bindings. She groaned as she rubbed the palms of her hands into her eyes, fiercely before dropping her hands once again. “Explain to me why you haven't undone his binds Babd. And you better have a good reason.”

Babd didn't answer her then but turned her black eyes onto Mal, a wicked smile crossing her face. She knew what she had seen in that body of theirs. A man drowning in an ocean and a wolf with multiple faces inside. She crossed her arms before she gave a small nod towards Mal. “It's not me you should be asking. It's Mal. Tell us Mal, why should that wolf of yours be bound?”

Huggin watched the show in front of him silently. When Babd finally turned her attention on Mal and asked him why they should keep the wolf bound, Huggin gave a huff. That wolf most definitely needed to be bounded, no doubt about it. That bastard was chatting it up in Huggin's head all willy-nilly, like it's perfectly acceptable to just intrude in someone's thoughts like that. He looked forward to hearing what Mal had to say about this one.