"Hmph." The new wolf stepped back as the larger wolf came up to him. <Best not to let him get too close>
As the larger wolf completed his speech, the new wolf's gaze was quizzical. <Why does he need to be around the two lackeys? Is he really that insecure?> "Listen, I don't know who either of you are, and I don't know why there would be 'sides' here. I don't know what your quarrel is about, if there is a quarrel. I may be smaller than you, but I'm not stupid enough to get in the middle of something without knowing what's going on."
He stays in his spot, on the edge of the clearing--able to engage if he needed to and able to get cover if he needed to.