There is a room full of dragons and a delegation of humans. The dragons are chattering amongst themselves and Tom introduces Esque to the other humans with the words "This is my friend Esque".
The room suddenly goes quiet. A dragon, in back, leans towards a colleague and says: "Did he just say what I thought he said?" [CORRECTION: Only the young dragons in the room understand what was said, and they translate for their elders.]
Words and names have special meaning for dragons. Dragons are very particular about names. To get a name wrong or make a bad pun can be a deadly insult and get you killed. And no human has called a dragon "friend" in many thousand years. But the dragons remember what it means.
And just as suddenly the dragons start talking again, excited about what just happened. Humans and dragons have been named FRIENDS!
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