This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to rev…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to reveal your proper name which is wise, and don't want to infuriate them by a flat refusal which is also very wise. No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time to trying to understand it. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.119, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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