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“Where you go, you leave half the world overturned behind you. You are more dangerous than Bonaparte in your own way, you and that beast of yours.”

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Shoutout to @cozy-fish-crow for reminding me of this amazing quote.

Like, all of that is what he's attempting to silently say when he insists Granby call him "sir", and in the Navy it would've been understood implicitly. It does not at any point occur to him that Granby wouldn't hear that!

But what Granby hears is, "I think that the Navy is better than the Corps and that I specifically am better than you specifically. Every conclusion you've jumped to about me is right. I will be taking advantage of my dragon's great value to the Corps to get my way."

And then he spends the next month calling Laurence "sir" in the sassiest, most pointed way he can muster, because his response to that is "You may outrank me and due to your ability to destroy my career I will obey your uptight demand, but I will not mean it. My respect is something you have to earn, and you have done nothing at all to do that."

And what Laurence hears is "I am the sort of person who will reluctantly keep to the letter of the rules of civility but not to the spirit. I am so dead set against the very premise your presence here that I am going to remind you of it every time we interact."

Roland: Why

pick any 11 out of 16

Supply logistics

Someone tries to separate Laurence and Temeraire

Cross-cultural confusion

Napoleon deploys mad cap new strategy utilizing dragons

In-depth descriptions of meals

The Admiralty Commits A War Crime

Inter-species misunderstanding

3+ month long journey by ship

Alternate history worldbuilding

Iskierka Causes Problems (TM)

Laurence overcomplicates something due to propriety

horrifyingly frank description of violence

In depth description of fine clothes/jewels by Temeraire

egg hatching at inopportune times

Temeraire Radicalized Laurence

Dragons on the wing are vulnerable to being mobbed by smaller, more agile flyers, particularly in your large rear blind spot, like a bird of prey being mobbed by crows. Having a human armed with a long spear perched on your back helps to dissuade anyone from getting any funny ideas.

Breath weapons are impressive enough on the ground, but in flight they're really only good for strafing stationary targets; trying to use your breath weapon in an aerial dogfight is a good way to get fire up your nose. A real fight calls for sterner measures – and, concomitantly, a crew to aim and reload the cannons.

In today's competitive world, it's not enough to devour a flock of sheep and call it a day if you want to keep your edge. You're accompanied at all times by a qualified personal alchemist tasked with carefully regulating your internal furnace to ensure peak performance, and sometimes you even listen to them.

I know this isn't ninjago guys but I finished this 17 hour painting for my art class and I was proud of it so...enjoy.

Delta redesign (again), the counterpart to Omega