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[watchmycannon]

[In a trampled clearing of what was once part of the cornfield there is a marquis and a dragon. They are surrounded by a collection of ropes, carabiner hooks and an improvised harness made of twisted silk--as well as several hastily scrawled drawings in the dirt around them. The marquis drags a stick through the dirt, connecting two of the lines

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[ridestherider]

[Watching curiously. ... from a safe distance, because dragon.]

[watchmycannon]

[Aw she's a gentle giant. Probably]

[--Nods, pleasantly, when he notices you watching]

[ridestherider]

[It's the "probably" that has me back here. Smiles and waves politely.]

[watchmycannon]

[Calls over]

--You needn't worry, she's quite safe.

[ridestherider]

She is big and has teeth.

[Thinks about it for a minute, and approaches cautiously.]

[watchmycannon]

Well, yes, but those are simply the features of her race, I'm sure. They do not necessarily make her more likely to attack you; I have found her to be quite reasonable.

[ridestherider]

No, they don't; but they are features that scare me.

[boldstarring]

[from behind her.]

They're actually rather friendly.

[ridestherider]

I wouldn't know.

[boldstarring]

You haven't talked with any of the dragons here? There's a number of them around.

[ridestherider]

[Shakes her head.] Necoco keeps talking about introducing me to Temeraire, but he hasn't yet.

[boldstarring]

Temeraire? ... oh, the black one. I talked with him once - he's really big. The dragon I usually talk with though is pretty small.

[ridestherider]

There's a such thing as a small dra -- well. ... I guess I should have thought about that when I realized there was a such thing as a dragon in general, shouldn't I.

[boldstarring]

She's like the size of a big house cat.

[ridestherider]

... big house cats I can handle.

[boldstarring]

I'll introduce you to her sometime. Fair warning, she can be ... sort of moody.