Martel raises an eyebrow at that, but she still gives him a small smile. A stubborn man, exactly what she needed. It's not like she didn't have enough of those already. "Just humor me for a while before you keel over, yeah?"

She was expecting the griffin to come after them, so she's ready for it. A spell circle appears below her feet and she skips the incantation entirely-it didn't honestly have to be that powerful of a spell. "Holy Lance!" She watches as blades of pure light impale the griffin, and then burst into dissipating light particles. There's not much left of the monster after that.