[ If they were both as they were, if he wasn't wearing the story like a cloak, he might feel stung, wounded. But here, he simply laughs, his eyes blazing with unnatural fire. The accusation seems to slide off him. ]

So fierce, so quick to leap! What a proud dragon you are! And yet you forget, so easily, the reason why I traveled so far.

I came here to meet a dragon. If you think I sought something to make pet or plaything, then you make yourself a fool.