Sparta flinched when a furious dragon rolled up on him. Of course he did. It was a pretty natural reaction, and it was hard not to panic the more he realized he had no way of forcing the dragon away and probably few people he could kite it onto. He'd have to go all the way into Crithe to have a chance, and he probably wouldn't survive a dragon that long.
Sparta, shoulder scrunched and tensed and actively trying to not look like he was cowering, considered this "request" for a moment.
"... No," he decided, unsurprised when the dragon looked offended and confused. He surely wasn't used to the term. "Now, that's unfortunate. I have something that you need, but I don't want to give it to you. It doesn't matter if I can afford it or not, if I can survive the giving. I don't want to. So what do you do now? Do you take it? Do you force the matter? Do you use strength or fear to get this thing from me that you need, not just want, but need?"
Sparta paused long enough for his point to sink in, but not long enough for the dragon to answer. "Stop acting like you're above me. Put in a situation not half as dire as mine, and you're acting just the same. I don't even have the option to ask nicely and then take no for an answer. But you do. So maybe take your own stuffy, bullshit advice and offer me a trade."
Sparta, shoulder scrunched and tensed and actively trying to not look like he was cowering, considered this "request" for a moment.
"... No," he decided, unsurprised when the dragon looked offended and confused. He surely wasn't used to the term. "Now, that's unfortunate. I have something that you need, but I don't want to give it to you. It doesn't matter if I can afford it or not, if I can survive the giving. I don't want to. So what do you do now? Do you take it? Do you force the matter? Do you use strength or fear to get this thing from me that you need, not just want, but need?"
Sparta paused long enough for his point to sink in, but not long enough for the dragon to answer. "Stop acting like you're above me. Put in a situation not half as dire as mine, and you're acting just the same. I don't even have the option to ask nicely and then take no for an answer. But you do. So maybe take your own stuffy, bullshit advice and offer me a trade."
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