Darkstalker shrugged. "Well enough I suppose. No better or worse than the different dragon tribes."
That wasn't information the general count was looking for, and Darkstalker knew it. He may not be able to read the scavenger's mind, but he wasn't an idiot. Did he have anything to gain by being elusive? If Piotr thought he was hiding something now, it would make him less likely to trust Darkstalker in the future, which would make things much more difficult.
In his experience, it was better to give authority figures the answer they wanted to hear. He met the general's eyes meaningfully.
"But that's not what you want to know. You want to know if I'm a threat. Whatever relations exist between dragons and sc- humans in my world has nothing to do with that. We have a mutual need. I'm stuck here, the only dragon in a strange world. You need soldiers, and there's no one in your army capable of what I can do for you."
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That wasn't information the general count was looking for, and Darkstalker knew it. He may not be able to read the scavenger's mind, but he wasn't an idiot. Did he have anything to gain by being elusive? If Piotr thought he was hiding something now, it would make him less likely to trust Darkstalker in the future, which would make things much more difficult.
In his experience, it was better to give authority figures the answer they wanted to hear. He met the general's eyes meaningfully.
"But that's not what you want to know. You want to know if I'm a threat. Whatever relations exist between dragons and sc- humans in my world has nothing to do with that. We have a mutual need. I'm stuck here, the only dragon in a strange world. You need soldiers, and there's no one in your army capable of what I can do for you."