That sounds awful! [eeeeww.] Did he survive? I cannot imagine he could have, but that is.. a very unfortunate way to die. [yeah that's the important part of this. death by spiders in ear.]

I have only known two dragons to speak; I do not know if the olden ones ever did. They spin guile and deception with their words, much like their masters and makers, and they do breathe fire. Some of them were very large... Smaug slept on a hoard of riches for so long they became embedded in his hide. [hmmmm.] I suppose the talking is worse. One can evade lightning and ice, but one cannot stop a dragon from speaking if it wishes to.

[Oh. huh. Hm.] I will have company with me! But I would not turn you away if you still wished to come. Of course, as it is your weapon I am borrowing, I cannot rightly refuse such a condition. [boy if those aren't the most passive-aggressive sounding words to never sound passive-aggressive. that's just how he talks.] Greater people have sent us off with less, and nary a worry in their mind.

[translation: don't worry bro. also what's a dick. that's a funny word to use, given context.]