Linnea steps closer, looming, and asks in a deceptively calm voice, "You are calling a Knight of Silverwolf a bitch. While we have the finest kennels in Apples, I do not think she would appreciate the comparison. Rethink your answer to this, else perhaps I will introduce you to our bitches. Did you hear them howling? They haven't been fed."
A pause to let him consider, and then she asks, "Why are you here? The truth, if we have to have it gnawed out of your bones."