A noble sacrifice, then? Why should I believe anything you say?

[his brow furrows]

And more importantly, why wouldn't you lead with that part. Had I done the same, had I been capable of absorbing the evil in the world, I wouldn't so blatantly advertise such a thing.

[His thoughts go to his friend, a man whose blood had become likely more dragon than not to serve their city.]

You must know how much alarum that would cause.