He was going around the knights, ordering them to leave the castle immediately to patrol the demesne. He didn’t specify where and had grabbed Shortbeak by the shoulder, practically hissing into her ear that she was to do as she was bidden and fight in the bout in his stead. She readily agreed to it, and he had sneered, muttering that it was good she knew her place and how it would be a shame if the inhabitants of the Vestibule were to come to light.