"Why?" asked Eric, looking up at the dragon - an actual, gods-damned dragon. "We can both see you just fine."
Drake nodded, then shifted slightly on his cushions. "Which as you may remember, surprised me when I first entered the outer cavern."
The two humans nodded and remained silent as they awaited explanation.
"Dragons as a species control a good deal of magic," Drake began in an instructional tone that both academics instinctively recognized. They sat quietly, absorbing the lecture. "Eons ago, especially by human standards, dragons realized that the human race presented a significant threat, one that could eventually lead to our downfall. Humans believed that dragons were inherently evil and many were intent on our extinction. There was that George fellow, over in England, for examp
