All the breath and all the cockiness goes out of him at once, in a whispered, almost reverential, "Eda and El!" A dragon! A true dragon, in the flesh! His sword arm drops limply to his side as he gapes at her.

It takes him a second to realise how rude he's being, and he quickly gathers himself together and bows. "Your pardon. I only...it...we've been searching so long. To find your kind, in my world. The dragons...the Elderlings...I...forgive my rudeness."