Let me explain: there are dragons, and then there are drakons. Drakons are several millennia older than dragons, andmuch larger. They look like giant serpents. Most don't have wings. Most don't breathe fire (though some do). All are poisonous. All are immensely strong, with scales harder than titanium. Their eyes can paralyze you; not the turn-you~to-stone Medusa-type paralysis, buttheoh~my~gods-that~big~snake~is~going~to~eat~me type of paralysis, which is just as bad.
Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band.
LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
Where there is the tree of knowledge, there is always Paradise: so say the most ancient and most modern serpents.
. . . those serpents! There's no pleasing them!
Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
