The third member of that equation was left out, but not for long. The walk was easy, and when he wasn't being a Nemesis or doing some experiment or another, he liked to come and talk with the Dayclanners. Though, just as Foxbane, he didn't expect them to trust him either. So when he sauntered on the scene, there wasn't much of a commotion, like he may as well be here. As the group milled around some centerpiece, the Nemesis glided his way through before standing next to Foxbane, a little ahead of her.

Funk held his paw in front of Deal's mouth. Yep, still breathing. Though he looked familiar, at the same time not. Something like fire licked at him and he lightly touched Deal's nose before backing away. "Mornin' sunshine. Had a good nap?"

His instincts may have been a little sleepy still for him to greet Foxbane so calmly - or maybe he was finally getting used to her antics, or genuinely believed she wasn't going to hurt him but did anyone ever really think that? - but when a stranger's paw floated in front of his face, that was enough to startle him into action. Deal jerked and scrambled to his paws, wavering slightly until he found his balance, and took a few large steps back away from Funk E'tan.

"Who-?!?" he sputtered, staring at the exotic coated tom, his head suddenly hurting. The pattern was so familiar, and so was the scent, but when he looked closely at his face he knew it couldn't be the Nemesis he knew returned to haunt him. Vera E'tani had left long ago and she wouldn't be coming back. That was for the best, given what she had done, he reminded himself.

"Glowstar? What am I doing here?" His helpless green gaze switched to her next, pleading for her to explain. He hadn't seen her since they ended things and it shook him more than he could say to see her again, but he pushed it aside for now.

As Glowstar leaned into her, Foxbane twined her tail with the DayClan leader's as much a warning to Deal as it was a reminder to herself that Glowstar and Deal weren't together anymore. She'd prepared herself for the possibility of Green's reaction being what it was, but even knowing that did not prepare her for the swirling jealousy that erupted in seeing the she-cat look at Deal this way. Irony. Last time she'd wanted to part them because she was jealous of not having Deal, and this time, it was because of the possibility of losing her future wife, however slim such a thing was.

In contrast to the other's blush, the fox-furred feline's expression darkened, and she forced herself to close her eyes and take a slight breath, though the possessiveness didn't subside in the slightest. "No, I don't need to force Deal to do anything. But he would have stayed wandering all alone and lost if I hadn't brought him here to show him he wasn't about to just get killed." She'd promised Glowstar she'd try. Though this was proving a lot harder than she thought as the urge to tear out his throat mounted with the way one of her fiance's was looking at her ex-mate.

She looked at Deal, her expression colder than it had been a moment before, but she purposely forced herself to stay rooted in place, at Glowstar's side. "You really should be asking the one who brought you." Foxbane noted, tilting her head slightly. "But to answer that question, as I said, you would keep yourself a sad hermit if I didn't bring you here. I'm not going to kill you. If you want to join a clan, even DayClan, you can." She couldn't bring herself to look at Glowstar as her tail slowly unwound from the leader's, and she took a distancing step back.

"You and Glowstar have a lot to catch up on. And it's about time you had the chance, without worrying what I might do." Foxbane walked closer to Funk, barely able to have gotten the words out and take herself apart from the situation, when all she really wanted to do was claw her ex to bits for being able to elicit such a look from the Eerie. She sat beside the Nemesis, letting her pelt brush with his, still unable to bring herself to look at Deal and Glowstar. She couldn't trust herself right not to interfere or murder the black and white tom if she did. "It's about time you stopped living in fear. You deserve a chance at peace."

He trusted Glowstar. After everything they had been through from youth to marriage to now, he believed every word she said to him. She didn't have anything to do with knocking him out and dragging him here, she would never have agreed to that, and if he demanded to leave right now, she would help him march out of there. But knowing she meant every word didn't make it easier this time. Trusting her didn't change the fact that she was standing here, supporting the cat that had murdered them both, right before each other's eyes. Foxbane was complicated, she was manipulative, and despite what he once felt for the ex-leader himself, he couldn't comprehend standing by her now, knowing full well what she had done.

He opened his mouth to answer her, but interrupted by Foxbane, fell silent again. His eyes narrowed mistrustfully at her, and the possessive way she guarded her mate didn't escape his attention. If the situation was different, he might have laughed; did she truly still believe he could steal away Glowstar? They ended things long ago, and he knew better than to steal from the fox. But Deal couldn't focus on his mirth, too wrapped up in his bitterness at what she was daring to say to him. She had stolen him from his home, where he might have been living very comfortably, and dragged him back to the clans to prove some twisted point about trusting her?

Annoyance flashes his gaze as they all left him alone to speak among themselves. "You couldn't have had a heart-to-heart before you dragged me all the way out here?" Deal grumbled, not really expecting them to hear or care what he said. He propped himself up and turned away from them, quickly examining his body for any new injuries. He felt unharmed, and that made everything worse because Foxbane could have just told him this message in his own den. Even if it was nice to see Glowstar again.