You would think that, but that's because you always assume the worst of me.

[A careless little shrug.] Perhaps I underestimated how useless my chosen Dragonsworn would be-- [The ones he'd chosen completely at random, he means to say.] --but you're an eliatrope, Yugo. Better than they are. I knew you'd make up for their shortcomings if you had to.

It seems you did. And now, aren't we all in a better place than we were before? [Because who is he kidding? Without him, the black flight would never have gained footing here. They're clever, most of them... But diplomacy is certainly not their strong suit. If he'd cared to try this the honest way, they'd all inevitably end up working against him.]