Draiss looked at the blue, before raising an eyebrow. "But the conflict has already shifted, and it isn't in the chromatics favor. I have appeared, and while I want to save as many as I can, I am not so foolish to believe I can save all. I will save what I can, and do what I have to in order to ensure that what I save will survive. The Blood war has only lasted as long as it has because there has been no appreciable change in the power structure in the last... million or so odd years. The Dragonfall war has already began to spiral to its end."<br/><br/>He looked to the side, before sighing, and running a hand through his hair, a tired or nervous gesture from his human days. "Dragons are dying out. Yes, the total number of dragons across the planes is staying about the same, but on the planes were dragons have existed since time in memoria, they are nearly gone. The older the plane, the fewer the dragons. There are planes out there where dragons, and even magic, have completely vanished, and humans are the dominate species. The only reason that dragons can even claim to be keeping the population steady is because even as they are hunted down and exterminated like animals and stupid beasts, they are appearing on new ones. Eventually, the populations will be spread so thin, among the new planes, that the species will die out, and the most potentially and individually powerful species to ever grace the planes will be gone. All because none can see past their immediate needs."<br/><br/>He looked her right back in the eyes, before finally getting to her question. "Captive? I would prefer business partner and advisor, and that can be renegotiated at a later date to either more or less, after we are both a bit more comfortable with the other and have come to an understanding. Right now, I need your experience and views, just like I need a metallic dragon's experience and views. I am currently, if you believe that crap about alignments that the churches have been spouting for forever, a chaotic neutral who is allied, at least in principal, with the forces of 'light'. Though I personally prefer to shirk around the terms good and evil, and instead use them and us. Less baggage that way, and a bit more leeway in how one deals with a problem."