[ Shell was very much like Reign when he first woke, though the minor difference was that Shell had Reign to help ease the transition.

Reign nodded enthusiastically, almost bouncing on the couch. ] Just like the fairy tales. Ah... well, the old ancient dragons kind of died out, so the smaller ones now are not that dangerous.

[ All right, the dragons were still plenty dangerous if unsupervised. ] That depends on where you are. Most of the time, it's fairly safe. [ His lips quirked. ] But I'll take care of you!