There was a first time for everything, as they say. Aldrick thought as he swayed in the air.<br/><br/>Of all the years he has been a knight, this was the first time he had been caught in a trap and this was, needless to say, not a position he wanted to be in. This was awful. No, this was more than just awful. This situation royally sucked in so many ways. His legs were beginning to feel numb already, even though it hadn’t felt like he had been here for long. He had wasted a lot of his energy trying to reach for his knife. Taking another moment to take in his surroundings, he noticed that whatever was there was drawing closer.<br/><br/>As soon as he the dragon landed before him, he glowered. “Perhaps, perhaps not,” he said, returning the challenge. He wondered if the dragon was waiting for him to become too exhausted, or lightheaded considering his… situation, to fight back before he decided to make him his snack, while taunting him with questions.<br/><br/>It was such an obvious answer. Of course he was here for the teeth. Why else would he be around these parts? Aldrick couldn’t help but scoff. If he had been more vigilant and wasn’t dangling by his ankle, this situation would be going a lot differently. The dragon, which he admitted was young but still a very nice find, seeing as dragons were uncommon, would be eating Aldrick’s sword for dinner and that would be the end of it. The teeth would be brought back to the king, he’d be rewarded, and then he’d probably return the next day hunting for another dragon.<br/><br/>“I don’t suppose it was the likes of you who had set this trap, was it?” Aldrick snorted. “You think you’re funny, don’t you, you foul monster?” He was genuinely curious if that had been the case, going back to the dragon waiting around to make a snack out of him. If dragons were able to set traps then this would be an even greater discovery. With this news, he was sure to be rewarded double. Of course, it would also mean that the king would be pushing to have his soldiers trained to accommodate whatever counteraction he took against this as well.<br/><br/>Such was the life of a knight. A life he was completely devoted to, and would never turn away from. Turning away from this life meant turning away from the king, and turning away from the king meant death.<br/><br/>Aldrick exhaled through his nose and glanced at his boot. This situation was outright embarrassing. If he could reach his dagger and cut himself free… Making an attempt to reach for it again was very tempting. However, he wasn’t going to give the dragon the satisfaction of watching him struggle.