[The dragon opens its mouth enough to bare its rows of teeth.]
Pride? Foolish children! When you disturb the snowpack, does the avalanche fall out of pride?
[Barbara strains to catch the conversation. It is like the speech of the wind drakes, but not--like someone from America encountering a deep Highlands accent for the first time.
But even when she's able to parse the gist of the dragon's words, it... doesn't make sense. The metaphor, she understands, but not why.]
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Pride? Foolish children! When you disturb the snowpack, does the avalanche fall out of pride?
[Barbara strains to catch the conversation. It is like the speech of the wind drakes, but not--like someone from America encountering a deep Highlands accent for the first time.
But even when she's able to parse the gist of the dragon's words, it... doesn't make sense. The metaphor, she understands, but not why.]
What we do? Say how fix--we fix!