Investigation
ask politely who is there
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You take in a deep breath.
"WHO DARES TO INTERRUPT MY SLUMBER??!!?! PRESENT YOURSELF LEST I BECOME ANGRY, FOOLISH MORTAL!!!!"
ask politely
Upon reflection, it occurs to you that perhaps you were not as polite as you could have been. You're fairly certain that the words "foolish mortal" are not among the generally agreed upon honorifics used when humans address one another, however
accurate they might be. Usually, humans you allow to live and humans you eat address each other as "sir "or "your majesty" or occasionally "my lady." But you know for a fact that human speech honorifics depend very heavily on the relative status and relationship between speaker and listener. It wouldn't do for a "sir" to call a "majesty," "my lady" for example, and one who might be a "my lady" to a "sir" is generally a "farewell, my beloved daughter" to a "majesty."
Being a
dragon, clearly you massively outrank any human who could possibly be present. You're not entirely sure which form of address would be suitably polite without being demeaningly deferential. Perhaps "filthy peasant" would be about right?
"FILTHY PEASANT! SPEAK NOW, I COMMAND IT!"You continue to wait. There's still no response.
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Oh, very well.
"SPEAK NOW FILTHY PEASANT...PLEASE."You wait for the intruder to finish quivering in their boots sufficiently to be capable of responding.
And wait.
And wait.
You begin to feel a growing sense of unease. Granted, your sense of time is a bit different than that of puny mortals, but you're reasonably certain that a human should have overcome their quivering and responded by now. Possibly even surrendered to their daily sleep requirement. Or do humans sleep on a lunar cycle? You were never entirely sure about that. With the cave shrouded in darkness, it's difficult to know if a day has passed or not, but you're
fairly certain a human would have responded by now, be it by begging for mercy or introducing you to one of those pointy metal sticks they like to use.
Unless they'd been struck dead by the sheer awesome majesty of your presence. But had that happened you would have heard the body hit the cave floor. And for that matter, smelled them and heard their breathing regardless of their ability to speak. And if the cave seal had been breached, you would surely smell the influx of fresh air from outside. Yes, it seems reasonably likely that there is no human present in your cave.
The buzzing noises continue.
Use our fire breath to light up the cave. Not a lot of fire, mind you, there's no point in risking damage to our hoard.
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That's an option. Though fire breathing inside a closed cave is mildly dangerous, granted. Your pond algae keep the air sufficiently fresh to sustain you while sleeping, but fire will consume it very quickly until eventually the air cannot sustain flame, or for that matter, you.
But, a small burst of flame should be of little consequence.
You fire a small blast of flameIn the brief moment that the fire lasts, you see your cave, the pond, perhaps a few thousand coins of silver and gold beneath you, the decayed remains of...oh dear. It appears that your collection of priceless human artwork, and a few wooden tribute chests have rotted away to almost nothing. Unfortunate. Come to think of it, that probably means that the stray cat who used to forage outside your lair is probably gone by now too. Pity. You were reasonably fond of him.
What you don't see, however, is any humans. Or flies. Or anything living larger than an earthworm.
The buzzing noises remain.
What do you do?
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