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[The fact that the dragon's first reaction is speech is a good sign. The fact that he has made no immediate move to have Granby as the second course of his dinner is also a good sign. Being boomed at and talked down to by a dragon is remarkably familiar and comforting in an odd way. He begins to make his way closer, still on his guard, but not overly so. It seems more polite than anything else.]

Many times as a lad, yet apparently it did me little good. Dragons here are scarce and vary greatly, and so I must adjust my manner accordingly.

[He has stopped at a non-threatening distance. Non-threatening presumably to the dragon and also out of apparent lunging/snapping/possibly firebreathing range which is good enough for him.]