"Absolutely preposterous, but griffons believe it, and my former master made the mistake of allowing anyone other than the king know who he was when Geoffrey came to power," Herman said calmly, though his voice was a bit terse. "The king was going to ignore this wedding like so many others, but I had been looking for an excuse to clamp down on this before things got out of claw. Your little agitation proved the perfect excuse, so I suggested he send you here in revenge so that I could meet you outside of the capital without anygriffon back at court hearing the slightest whisper of this."