"But there's no way to, I don't know, shunt pull requirements into increased casting requirements?"

"You can sort of do that with diagrams."

"Can you gain ultimate cosmic power with good enough diagrams?"

"If there is a given really difficult thing that you really want to do, is the limitation on most people not being able to do it that they're not good enough at diagrams or that it just can't be done?"

"The second thing, I think."

"Okay, I think I like my magic system better."

"Okay."

"Are you okay? You seem kind of passively not okay."

Shrug. "I'm fine."

"Okay."

"Thank you for helping the babies."

"They're children. They were in pain. I couldn't not help."

"Thank you anyway."

"You're welcome. I'm honestly horrified by how much Draconic affects some people, if they decide that abandoning their children because they're going to be hurting is a good idea..."

"They could visit."

"They don't."

"And that makes me angry with Draconic."

"Some dragons keep their shrens. Or take them back when they can shapeshift, even if they don't want to face a whole houseful of us."

"Probably less than would if they didn't have that horrid thing shrieking in their heads...am I being insensitive, this is technically your language too even if it hates you."

Shrug.

"What happens to the kids who don't get picked up?"

"We stay in the house until we grow up, and then some move out, some stay put."

"No one else ever adopts them?"