@Manuel8123
The meat once a month might change now though, since Melon found food he wants to eat for once.
And note, Melon plans on dying after finding that taste. So why would he bother with the back alley politics?
The Lions were going to lose the Back Alley, and probably their lives after. Melon did what was necessary to keep the Alley and the rest of the Lions alive. It wasn't cheap, but that was the cost that needed to be paid.
Melon did the right thing for the group.