“I rather like having thumbs and wearing trousers, if I’m honest,” Hades said with a dry chuckle. “Dragons, as a people, are rather unambitious. They live like beasts... which, I will not look down on an uncomplicated existence. But... hm. Now that I’m thinking about it, they are some of the world’s best nappers.”

“I think you would have made a fantastic dragon, Hades,” Hytholadeus chimed in.

At a time like this, Hades would be happy to doze, but he was still so uncertain about what might happen next, and he didn’t want to be caught unaware.

“I could shape into one easily enough,” he said.