"Different dragons have different personalities. You know that as well as I do, sir." They'd taught that up at the school before he'd been given his first dragon. He still hadn't quite figured out what he'd done to get Torch's egg handed to him.

He snorted softly as he shook his head. "And leave you to enjoy peace and quiet? Never. Besides... I'm not a tinker. My call is currently towards fire and you know that your potions have been turning out better since I've apprenticed here... Not to mention your dinners."