You're a smart man, you'd figure it out.

❰ damn him and his shoulders. adalia watches him roll one, then the other, as if transfixed — and then her cheeks flush an even brighter red and she looks down, suddenly very busy petting her dragon. ❱

I'd have thought you'd be pleased to still be considered terrifying. Not much you can do to rule the world if people aren't afraid of you.