“Goldtooth took exception to how Johan was telling him how to manage the crisis. Johan took exception to Goldtooth’s flippancy at the devastation caused. They traded insults back and forth for a while.” Ivorybeak took a drink. “Everything since then is down to raw stubbornness on both parts, not to mention uneasy nobles and national grudges coming to the fore and largely going unchecked. Johan came around but Goldtooth did not, and on and on it's been going. Did you know this is the first time anygriffon down here has been willing to even entertain the possibility of talking this out?”