[ IP ] The truly brave men do not slay dragons ...

`` Okay, lem me get this straight.'' 
 
 `` Yeah, go ahead. Ask away.'' 
 
 `` We're talking about dragons, right? The same dragons? Not, like, goats? Or a horse that you've just decided to *name* `` Dragon''?'' 
 
 `` No, I'm talking about dragons! You had it right.'' 
 
 `` The big scaly things. Lots of spikes, mouth full of teeth the size of my forearm, spits out fire, have a propensity for roasting knights and would-be slayers alive in their armor? Sometimes carry off whole cattle to devour in their lairs?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, man, dragons.'' 
 
 `` And you want to *ride* one of those.'' 
 
 `` Well, yeah.'' 
 
 `` Dude.'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` Are you *insane*?'' 
 
 `` No! Come on, just think of how awesome that would be! Soaring up through the clouds, flying, on the back of a massive dragon!'' 
 
 `` Until that massive dragon gets hungry and decides that you'll make a nice snack! Or it gets tired of you wanting to steer it or control it and it decides to drop you - a thousand feet in the air!'' 
 
 `` See, that's the difference between us. I'm an optimist. I think things will work.'' 
 
 `` Yeah, well, I'm a realist! And I say that you're throwing your life away.'' 
 
 `` Oh, wait. I see what your problem is.'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` You're *chicken. *'' 
 
 `` What?? I'm not chicken! Not wanting to die does n't make me a chicken!'' 
 
 `` You're just too scared to ride a dragon. A real man would man up and do it!'' 
 
 `` No, a real man would wait until the thing's asleep, sneak up on it, and stick a sword through its throat! That's what real men do!'' 
 
 `` Nah, did n't you hear? Lady Jacobene killed a dragon last week. In single combat, no less. We got ta do something more extreme, something more manly.'' 
 
 `` Dude, I give up. You're insane.'' 
 
 `` Just you wait. When I'm riding a dragon, I'll be sure to dive-bomb your cottage first. Real men ride dragons.'' 
 
 `` Idiot.'' 
 
 `` Fraidy-cat.''
