Highfire

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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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He knows where I live. And Momma, too.

Squib was marked and he knew it.

I gotta sort this out, he thought. I gotta get out from under that dragon.

Which is not a problem most people have to solve in their lifetimes. In general, most folk who get to meet a dragon only get to think about it that one time for about five seconds.

Game of Thrones

“Game of Thrones? Are you tryin to push my buttons, kid Game of [expletive] Thrones! Those dragons are like servants—you see me doing any [expletive] mother of dragon's bidding? I'd never serve humans!...[Expletive] lapdog CGI [expletive] fire lizards. Heap of [expletive]”

Flashdance

Highfire

My fire don't burn slow. No one ever got mildly scalded from dragon flame.

“Fulminated” was the word, or used to be.

Pete's Dragon

The Princess Bride

Plugged

Screwed

And Another Thing...

Highfire

Artemis Fowl