"Do not get cute with me, Kari!" he half-whispered. Her father was not known for being the friendliest of griffons. He was quick to anger and did not suffer fools gladly, and his cantankerous nature was nearly mythic. Yet for all of that, things got done when he wanted them to, and what he wanted done right now was Katherine to be demure and contrite for her transgressions. She continued to smile. "I will have none of it, do you hear!? Go after them!"