The massive beast rolled its large, glowing eyes. Humans. How did they all simply keep from dying shortly after birth? They were soft, fragile, and utterly helpless when they couldn't find something pointy to get their grimy little grasps on. To be fast they either needed horses or to be thrown. To be protected, they had to wear armor or hide in stone buildings. To be warm, they needed clothes. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. In short, to be useful, they needed to be something else. Despite all this, they managed to become surprisingly vast in numbers and create and advantage over most beasts. It was truly peculiar and obviously some great fluke of the universe. Or maybe it was all just one giant joke that no one had figured out the punchline to yet.<br/><br/>Whatever it was, it was deeply ingrained into the beast's head to be wary and to hate these tiny things. Both were easily accomplished due to the fact that humans normally, when they saw a dragon, either threw something sharp at it or screamed and ran away. Not exactly the best options for creating some new first impressions though, in their defense, he had adopted a policy of light on fire first, search through the ashes later which didn't exactly help foster some new trust in his kind.<br/><br/>Of course randomly groping his leg probably was probably too forwards of a method to be much good. The dragon stiffened a little and let his long neck slowly swivel around, the glowing eyes just watching as the human began patting and touching on his scales. One scaly brow had raised. Was....was the human cuddling with his leg?  By the time Jawn noticed, his annoyance meter was nearly full and the foot raised up off the ground as if it had stepped in something foul. When the apology came, a good long while was spent just glaring at the human. After a few tense moments of 'maybe-I-should-just-eat-him' silence, the beast gave a massive sigh before turning back around. "This way, if you please," came the dull tone as it carried on, the lashing sound of his tail twitching like annoyed cat's whirring in the air above Jawn's head.<br/><br/>The cave was, indeed, a labyrinth of tunnels. Some were just wide enough to hold the beast while others felt massive in their dark expanse. All the while, the only sound that could be heard was he massive breathing of the beast and the thudding of his steps against the ever shifting floors. Finally, there came a distant reprieve as the sound of one solitary drip echoed throughout the lair. The sound grew and grew until, at last, a strange and eerie blue light ghosted in front of them. The glow, almost too faint to be considered a real source of light, barely illuminated the walls around their approach but, when the massive beast turned a corner and stopped in front of them, they came into a room where the glow emanated from below.<br/><br/>The massive pool of water seemed endless in its depth, the strange and faint aura of it gently ripping off the walls. Above, from one massive opalescent spike that hung from the cave ceiling, a single drop of water slowly formed and dropped, its arrival the only source of motion in the water's eerie calm. The light reflected against the beast, causing him to take on the strange blue hue as he turned to look at the human. "Do you float?" He leaned his head down, nearly eye height with the man. "Because, if you do not, then I suggest you stay on the banks. The pool is much deeper than it appears and even I have only, on one occasion, touched the bottom with the very tip of my tail. I would not like your corpse festering my watering hole.."  Though the idea of human broth was...tempting. He'd have to give that a go next time he had the chance.