And then they had received their new orders from Celestia, no more than a few miles out from a scheduled rest stop for the train where they knew he was hiding out. She had been aghast when she found out. There he was, right in their hooves, and they were told to stand down? To back off and remain vigilant? To not provoke another incident!? The human had been in the middle of the biggest disaster Manehatten had suffered since the Kraken migration fifteen years ago! He was involved in something that, if his word could even be remotely trusted, threatened several kingdoms! He was at the heart of the furore between the griffons and the reason why border tensions were so high! And now they were just expected to sit pretty and do nothing?