The dragon king could only reply with a shrug. "Then call me an optimist. It has paid off before."<br/><br/>Once she was on his shoulder, he moved into the grounds, being polite to the merchants even when they were less than helpful. He did make sure to answer any questions about what he was going to do with the caravan by telling them that their leader had refused his aid, and walked away from the negotiations.<br/><br/>Devaguea looked over the various eggs, identifying several dragon eggs, but none of them belong to the ten 'common' greater dragon races. sadly, the void and magma dragon eggs were not of particular interest to him, as he was trying to win hearts and minds, not bring beings of annihilation and wanton destruction into the fold. Yet. The harlequin dragon he lingered over, but eventually passed, knowing that he wouldn't have the temperament to help that particular child live up to its potential. If they had a few more dragons to help with other duties, he would be willing to try, but at the moment, the egg was safe.<br/><br/>Done looking over the wares that had the highest chance to be questionable, he started negotiating with the merchant for information about where the seller of his egg had gotten it. He just needed something, a name, a place, even a description would let him get pas the choke point that was the Lantern King. He had other options, trying to hunt down gold dragons to see if they knew any contemporaries that had lost eggs in the timeframe, but this was the best way to do his family hunting quickly.