Upon hearing that their opponent wanted to talk about those Marine Corps corpses, Mountain Eagle knew he had encountered someone who truly knew the ropes...
Compared to Snowden, those Marine Corps corpses were equally important.
But the opponent used the corpses as the entry point, primarily to attempt contact with Mountain Eagle, and then to judge his attitude through his reactions after the probing.
All of this was within Mountain Eagle's expectations!
The reason he insisted on getting involved when Gray Wolf and his people clashed with these individuals was to retain those corpses, giving the opponent a less sensitive entry point.
It was about building a ladder for the opponents, letting them approach him in the direction he had outlined.
Intimidating Major Kane included a bit of Mountain Eagle's own wicked taste for fun, as well as the intention to mislead them.
