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[tohaveandtohoard]

A dragon post for dragons.

Comments

[dominutive]

I wouldn't presume to know what you may or may not have use for.

[tohaveandtohoard]

[ a soft, sibilant noise— a suppressed laugh, although without being able to see the accompanying body language she likely wouldn't be able to tell ]

Have you never dealt with arrogant lordlings before?

[dominutive]

A great many, actually.

[tohaveandtohoard]

Then I suggest you think along those lines.

[dominutive]

Everyone varies, even arrogant lordlings.

[tohaveandtohoard]

There are enough similarities. Particularly as far as needs and desires go.

[dominutive]

So you need for nothing, yet want for everything?

[tohaveandtohoard]

Closer. But you're still missing an important detail.

[dominutive]

What might that be?

[tohaveandtohoard]

What the poor can often ill-afford, and a craftsman might starve to go without.

[dominutive]

A riddle?

[tohaveandtohoard]

There are very few things I will give freely.

[ including answers. ]

[dominutive]

[pauses, thinking carefully...] Quality?

[tohaveandtohoard]

Quality, artistry. Why desire a simple iron band when you already own one engraved and set with jewels?

[dominutive]

There's much to be said for utility and simplicity. Though I may say that because I'm merely a novice goldsmith.

[tohaveandtohoard]

If I desired utility or simplicity I could live as a beast.

[dominutive]

That's a stretch.

[tohaveandtohoard]

My teeth and claws are more suited to me than any knife made, and no armor will fit me better than my own pelt. I carry my hearth inside me.

I have all the utility I could need in my own flesh.

[dominutive]

Need and desire are different. There are tools that can achieve what blades and armor and flame cannot.

[tohaveandtohoard]

And for those things, I have magic.

[dominutive]

A versatile tool.

[tohaveandtohoard]

So I need no other.

[dominutive]

[simply nods, satisfied with that answer. ...hopefully he can see her.]

[tohaveandtohoard]

[ ... a low, soft sigh after a few moments ]

That still leaves you where we began.

[dominutive]

It does. If there is nothing I can do in exchange for staying the night, then I will take my leave.