"Pook"?

This is a mix of Puck the fae and toilet humor.

I think they are going for the formers.

"...that's pretty fucking stupid. And Wulfgar agrees:

"A foolish pride," Wulfgar remarked, painfully reminded of some similar traditions his own clannish people had practiced only a few years before."

I think the narrative agrees too. Gaining, actually gaining, no catches, from your main competition is not a chance you want to lose.


Pook echoed a single word for emphasis, making it absolutely clear that he would tolerate no mistakes.

"Was."

This is why brevity is the soul of wit.