"You still have a quota of fifty gryphons this year?" Alleria changed the subject quickly.
"Yes!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
"We Windrunners will take them all!" Alleria said.
"No! That quota is reserved for the Quel'Danil City Guard. I can't give it to you. Wait until next year!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
In truth, he hadn't decided whom to give them to yet, but he deliberately used the City Guard as an excuse.
"Don't you know what sort of people they are?" Alleria asked him.
"I do!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
"And you're still giving them gryphons?" Alleria asked in surprise.
"As long as they're still loyal to Quel'Thalas, that's enough!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said. "Holding Quel'Danil matters more than anything." This reminded him of the ship being refitted in Quel'Thalas, and he asked Sylvanas, "Is there any way to bring my ship over? I have a major use for it!"
"Yes! The Farstriders should already be handling that. They'll probably use it to transport people here, though that means your six hundred wild bears won't be bringing in any gold coins again!" Sylvanas said.
"Business hasn't been too good for this merchant lately. I haven't had any gold coming in for ages!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
"Knowing you've been having a hard time lately puts my mind at ease!" Sylvanas said.
"What kind of thing is that to say? What's there for you to be happy about if I'm having a hard time?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"I enjoy seeing a bastard who keeps calling money a bastard, yet works himself to the bone earning that bastard, have a run of bad luck!" Sylvanas said with a laugh.
"The unluckiest thing that ever happened to me was actually meeting you," Yu Lin Bloodhawk said. "If you hadn't saved my