`` it is very exciting , '' temeraire said , turning to him eagerly , `` it is all about a band of dragons , who find a great heap of treasure hidden in a cave , that belonged to an old dragon who died , and they are quarreling over how to divide it , and there are a great many duels between the two strongest dragons , because they are equally strong , and really they want to mate and not fight , but neither of them knows that the other also wants to mate , and so they each think they have to win the treasure , and then they can give it to the other , and then the other one will agree to mate to get the treasure .