Ares had called for a feast to be made for King Abdan as well as the other refugees. He had saved up enough meat in his ring that they could cook quite a number of meals, plus all the food they had stored in order to feed the refugees and the hundreds of soldiers stationed here.
Whilst they waited for the food to be cooked Ares offered Abdan some viper meat to eat that had already been cooked. Abdan was surprised when he had a taste, offering some to the other people nearby when Ares brought out much more of the long thin meat.
From Abdan's response to the food, Ares could tell that the pair were going to be close friends. Ares was chewing on the meat himself as he formed a small make-shift camp using his powers, and then dropped down some raw meat onto some leathers for the cooks to use.