That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

I most certainly can deny it. Of course, if I did, I'd be lying." Mairelon

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.

News of Daniel's disappearance does not alarm me as it might have done a week ago. Given recent events, very little alarms me as it might have done a week ago. I feel as if my supply of alarm has been exhausted, at least temporarily.

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

Always be polite to a dragon. It's harder than it sounds. Dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake, the dragon eats you.

Kim was more than a little inclined to snarl at him, but in the past few days she had learned that snarling at Mairelon did little good. He simply smiled and corrected her grammar.