The drake squirmed in the young woman's arms as the young woman explained both the drake's age and her behavior. The noise that the drake made was known to all and its meaning was easy to decipher, which was more than amusing. It was clear that the drake was intelligent, as the drakes of Eowyn's world had been.

"She may indeed know, but like many younglings, she may choose not to obey. Tis harder to teach the second than the first. But I have no treasure in this room for her, so she will likely not find what she seeks in this locked room."