"We're short on air force personnel right now, so I already had one of my subordinates ride your gryphon out to scout the enemy," Sylvanas said.
"When did that happen? Why didn't I know?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk was shocked. That was his means of escape.
"This morning!" Sylvanas said.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"What good would telling you have done? Would you have agreed to lend it out?" Sylvanas said.
"How do they even know how to ride a gryphon?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked glumly.
"What's so hard about it? The Windrunner family already has a few dragonhawks, and your gryphon hasn't completed its Soul Link with you. As far as riding skills go, you couldn't catch up to them in your wildest dreams," Sylvanas said.
"..." Yu Lin Bloodhawk was filled with regret. "I don't have a mount, so you go ahead! I... I'll just stay with the mages," he said.
"There's a spare hawkstrider. You can ride that!" Sylvanas said.
"Oh... I... I'm not a good rider. I'd only slow you down. Don't worry about me. I'll just take my time going with the mages!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said again.
"No. You have to come with me!" Sylvanas said.
"Why?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked miserably.
"You're my brother-in-law. I have to keep you safe!" Sylvanas declared, as though her reasoning were unassailable.
"But I think I'd be safer back there with the mages..." Yu Lin Bloodhawk said quietly.
"That's still out of the question. You're a lord now, after all. How can you be so cowardly? How will you lead troops in the future? You have to get a taste of blood!" Sylvanas said.
"I'm not going! You said it yourself, I'm a lord. When I lead troops in the future... I'll appoint