[ WP ] As a dragon of innumerable age you have guarded your gold horde for millennium . Many heroes have come with long speeches on how they will slay you , the great evil , none finish . However this one is odd.He throws a coin on your stash , looks you in the eyes and says `` I have a proposition for you . ''

Tap. Tap. Tap. My eyes flicker, the iris flaring from a dull grey to a blazing gold as my mind awoke from what felt like centuries. My ancient ears confirmed what I thought I had initially heard. Footsteps. I raised my head from my horde, wings idly shaking off errant gold coins. This was a standard thing in the life of dragons. Build a successful horde, and the humans come to try and take it from you, baring swords, baring sweet words, even an device of black-powder they'd had blessed by a priest, oddly enough. This was not one of those humans. 
 
 For one, this human was striding towards me, eyes locked not on my horde, but on me. No human I'd seen before had ever gazed at me this way. He rested his hands in the pockets of very strange attire. It was n't armour, it looked like fine cloth. I began to wonder if this human was slightly mad, when he reached into a pouch hanging from his belt, and produced a form of coin I'd never seen before. He flicked it onto the pile with a flourish, rested a hand on his hip, and spoke. 
 
 `` I have a proposition for you.'' 
 Internally, I groaned. Humans loved bargaining, and it was not the first time this had been tried. Time to shut him down. 
 
 `` So you come here, offering me business.'' I slowly snaked my tail behind him, cutting off his escape paths. `` Many humans have tried in past, but all have failed. What do you possibly have to offer me but a short amount of time as an h'ordeuvre?'' 
 
 The human chuckled, and grinned at me. 
 
 `` You've been asleep a long time, dragon. The world has changed a great deal around you. Man controls the land, the sea, the sky, and we are taking our first steps into all that lies beyond this planet. I come offering you a passage from the time of the ancients into the time of the future.'' 
 
 I was taken aback by the knowledge this human shared with me. Beyond this planet? Surely he means beyond the country? 
 
 I glared at him suspiciously, but curiously. 
 
 `` How far has humanity advanced in my time asleep?'' I grumbled, more vested than I'd like to admit in what this human knew. 
 
 He fished into the pockets of his unusual clothing, and received a small grey box, no larger than his hand. 
 
 `` This, my ancient friend, is a phone. With it, we can communicate with any human across the globe, instantly. We can summon any knowledge on a topic to our fingertips in moments, and we can preserve any moment as a single image eternally if we like. It has more capabilities, but it would take a great deal of time to explain it. This is nowhere near the most advanced of our discoveries.'' 
 
 I felt my eyes focus on the small grey box, the'phone'. I knew little of its power and I already knew I wanted it. At the back of my mind I worried that so many humans were this well trained at witchcraft, but somewhere in my mind I had also decided this was a human worth keeping alive. 
 
 `` Your words take my interest, human. What do you offer me, and what would you have me do?'' 
 
 `` I can offer you a great deal, friend. I can see your interest in our technology. Work with me and I can offer you as much technology as you want for your horde. Alongside that, I'll construct you your own cave, one everlasting, made from the strongest steels we can manufacture, with a lock so advanced only you could enter. In return, I want your might and your knowledge. You are strong enough to collapse a mountain, to fly carrying thousands of tons worth of weight in your claws alone. Your breath could power a thousand forges, entirely fuel-free. 
 
 Work together with me, and we can own the world.'' 
 
 I realised I'd begun grinning like a fool halfway through his speech, and chided myself for getting so worked up over a simple human. I looked around my cave, seeing the ancient dilapidated stalactites, the rusted blades from ancient dead adventurers. It was time for a change. 
 
 `` I accept, but I must ask one thing.'' I finally say, excitement pounding through my ancient veins as I offer a talon. `` Why did you know no fear coming here?'' 
 
 The human laughed, an oddly refreshing sound from the usual screams of fear, and placed a ring-studded hand on my talon. 
 
 `` It's just good business.'' 
 
 This was the start of something fascinating.
