“I refute your authority!” Handy snarled. He was going to mention the prince aboard, but he figured he had better keep that card to himself. Something told him that if the Equestrians got a hold of the prince when they were bold enough to say ‘Screw diplomacy!’ to catch one petty criminal such as him, they might just use him as political leverage on the griffon kingdom. Mayhap he didn’t care; he did, however, believe he was a professional, and a professional didn’t do his job by halves. He would need to protect Joachim, and that meant dealing with this mare one way or the other. Without hitting her. He could do that, sure.