I doubt you could ever be anything but useful, Yosano-sensei... but I think it's best to leave the dragon to the Natha all the same.
[He pokes at his food a little, his appetite strangely diminished at the topic. So much keeps happening, and while it's easy to go with the flow once he's in it, it's remarkably hard and tiring to explain everything properly, deciding what to say and what to dismiss as unimportant.]
It's true that I've come here the same way you did, but I've been awake for a long time now. I live in a city on that planet - Olympia, a big, benevolent empire. To the south of it there's Wyver, which is -... Well, it's not a bad place, but it's got a long and unpleasant history with Olympia. Both cities have actually been trying to improve relations, but the son of the king of Wyver didn't approve, and supposedly used some arcane ritual to resurrect the dragon after stealing its heart.
[Wow. And that barely scratches the surface. One thing probably needs a belated explanation, so he gives it, sheepishly.]
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[He pokes at his food a little, his appetite strangely diminished at the topic. So much keeps happening, and while it's easy to go with the flow once he's in it, it's remarkably hard and tiring to explain everything properly, deciding what to say and what to dismiss as unimportant.]
It's true that I've come here the same way you did, but I've been awake for a long time now. I live in a city on that planet - Olympia, a big, benevolent empire. To the south of it there's Wyver, which is -... Well, it's not a bad place, but it's got a long and unpleasant history with Olympia. Both cities have actually been trying to improve relations, but the son of the king of Wyver didn't approve, and supposedly used some arcane ritual to resurrect the dragon after stealing its heart.
[Wow. And that barely scratches the surface. One thing probably needs a belated explanation, so he gives it, sheepishly.]
There is rather a lot of magic, down there.