Ahaha. You know, I was just thinking the same thing. Humans like to say dragons are greedy and vain, that they hoard things selfishly, but aren't humans just as bad?
[ She shifts where she's sat a little, letting one of her legs trail into the water as she starts working the sweet smelling liquid into his hair. ]
Our cities are full of precious things we took from other places because we wanted them for ourselves. Nobles have as much money as they do because they take it from the people who were born into poorer families and pretend there's any good reason for it. We lie and cheat and steal just as much as anyone else. The only real difference is that we don't last as long. So we don't have half as much time to do as much damage.
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[ She shifts where she's sat a little, letting one of her legs trail into the water as she starts working the sweet smelling liquid into his hair. ]
Our cities are full of precious things we took from other places because we wanted them for ourselves. Nobles have as much money as they do because they take it from the people who were born into poorer families and pretend there's any good reason for it. We lie and cheat and steal just as much as anyone else. The only real difference is that we don't last as long. So we don't have half as much time to do as much damage.
[ Not that it stops then from trying. ]