To not be used as cannon fodder, was the best outcome they could hope for from an alliance where they were clearly on the receiving end of the stick.
If Nathan willed it, they would have no choice but to fight but the chances of a betrayal would be very high. After all, being threatened with a weapon to do a person's bidding would never sit well with anyone, maybe a masochist, but never a normal person.
Such a situation would only breed unwanted circumstances that would end up leading to several other problems down the line for them. He definitely couldn't allow that as long as he could avert it.
Thus, he could not allow Reuben and his subordinates to think that their position in the previous alliance would be the same in their current non-aggression pact with Red Wing Thunder.
