Caramon thinks he could force Flint onto a boat, Tanks the diplomat

“Flint says he’ll burn before he’ll get in a boat—at least then he’ll die warm instead of wet and cold.”
“I’ll go up and haul him down here,” Caramon said.
“You’d only make things worse. You were the one that nearly drowned him, remember? Let Tanis handle it—he’s the diplomat.”

Excerpt From Dragons of Autumn Twilight, pg 100
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman