Ancalagon considered the question, before nodding, and saying, "Mostly, what I want to learn is what works. And forgive me for being rather open ended, and broad with my questions, but as I explained before, my goal is to put dragons, all dragons, where we belong, back at the top of the world, second only to gods. This dragon fall war has lasted long enough that we, as a whole race, not just a color, are in danger of dying off, killed by the lesser races that desire our hoards, and other dragons that feel that we are a threat. If I have to create a demi-plane, or even a true plane with magic to do so, sealing it off from the others so that we can not be reached, and that is the only way to preserve our race, so be it.<br/><br/>But that is the measure of last resort, something that will happen only if there is no other way. Right now, I need, no, would like to know what you have tried with your subjects, and what did work, and did not. The more experience I can pick up from others, rather than learning myself, will result in less deaths all around. I am not a true dragon, even if I can take the form of one indefinitely, and as less than 40 years of age, other dragons may see me as a young upstart, with ambitions and dreams, and nothing else.<br/><br/>I have a general idea on what each dragon color, of the supposed 'true' dragons excel at, according to the stories soft skins tell about us, flawed though they be. The reds at destroying things, blues at managing, blacks at treachery, sorry Shyrath, greens at talking, again, I am repeating what the soft skins think about us.  And whites are animals. The metallics are seen as being 'better' than us, because they have less of a tendency to destroy things when they lose their tempers. But I need a draconic view on what we are truly good at. Other than collecting shinies and destroying things.<br/><br/>He considered what he had said, and decided that that was a good start for the negotiations.<br/><br/>[diplomancy = 34<br/>And you can just type, 'she tells him' instead of an actual conversation.]