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An Interview with a Dragon - Part XII: The Punchline

VR: NO, PLEASE, YOU CAN'T!! DON'T EAT ME!! I DON"T TASTE VERY GOOD! I'LL CAUSE INDIGESTION!!

AD: [his expression changes] Ppppppffft!!! [he breaks out into an uproarious laughter]

VR: [confused] What are you laughing about? If you want to eat me, then get on with it. Might as well get it over with instead of tormenting me by drawing it out.

AD: You-[gasping for breath]-you really thought I was going to eat you??? [bursts out into laughter again]

VR: What??? What is going on here?

AD: [tears streaming down his cheeks] You should have seen the look on your face!! [slapping his knee].

VR: You mean you weren't really going to eat me and steal my soul?

AD: [looks at him seriously for one second] BWAHAHAHAHAHA [laughter continues]

VR: …

AD: [laughter subsiding. He sighs] Of course I wasn't going to eat you. Even if I did tell you the secrets of dragon fire breath, and you said you would tell everyone, I still wouldn't eat you. What an awful and barbaric thing to do. Do you really think I would have done something like that? I mean really.

VR: Well you did seem pretty serious.

AD: Dr. Ryerson, come on. You know me better than that. I tried to at least give you a hint when I asked for silverware and a napkin. Dragons don't use napkins, remember? And a mason jar? Please.

VR: [smiling, returning to chair] You really had me going there. You have got some nerve!

AD: I know, I know. Maybe I did take that a bit far.

VR: Indeed.

AD: Indeed, indeed. I apologize. But you know, you do have to appreciate dragon humor.

VR: Why should I appreciate it? It just scared me half to death.

AD: Like I said before, it's funny.

VR