Lio isn't expecting Galo to believe him. Humans have their own ideas, and from his experience they aren't exactly prone to changing their minds, especially about things they've been taught to fear and hate. It's why his people have been driven into hiding, are barely clinging on in the fringes of this land.
He scoffs quietly at what must be meant as a rhetorical question. "Rampaging? Is that what they say? They're surviving, the only way they can. They've been driven out of their homes and lands, hunted down. And even now, when dragons raid a farm, they only take what they need. They don't attack humans without reason. When is the last time someone died in a dragon raid? Dragons always leave an escape route for any people there. They don't kill unless they have no other choice." It takes him a moment to settle down and realize that Galo hadn't been dismissing what he said, that he'd believed what he said to begin with and that he probably should dial back a little before he gives himself away here.
Lio stares at him, still kneeling beside him, sitting back on his heels and, yeah, staring. "You're welcome." A pause and then, quieter, "Thank you for saving my life."
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Date: 2020-05-03 05:58 pm (UTC)He scoffs quietly at what must be meant as a rhetorical question. "Rampaging? Is that what they say? They're surviving, the only way they can. They've been driven out of their homes and lands, hunted down. And even now, when dragons raid a farm, they only take what they need. They don't attack humans without reason. When is the last time someone died in a dragon raid? Dragons always leave an escape route for any people there. They don't kill unless they have no other choice." It takes him a moment to settle down and realize that Galo hadn't been dismissing what he said, that he'd believed what he said to begin with and that he probably should dial back a little before he gives himself away here.
Lio stares at him, still kneeling beside him, sitting back on his heels and, yeah, staring. "You're welcome." A pause and then, quieter, "Thank you for saving my life."