The Meaning of Helplessness

"Calm yourself, mental warrior.. Your puny avatar wouldn't even make a dent on my mighty scales." muttered the human-like dragon with a hint of irony. He had already felt the change in Aeron's behaviour thanks to his sharp sense of smell, and the simple idea that someone at his level tried to even think of escaping, was hilarious to him.

After the veiled threat towards one of Daniel's friends, the dragon cleared his throat, and turned towards Daniel to say "You have ten seconds to save yourself. Start talking."

Without the slightest hint of fear, Daniel approached the dragon, and sat next to him. He then casually soaked his hand into the molten rock, almost as if checking the temperature of a random pool of water. At the same time, he said "Let's be honest, you've been with a foot out of the door the very moment you've smelled Iewah's gift on me.. You have no intention of letting us leave."