"If it wasn't for Paar, I wouldn't have thought dragons had a language." Duke admits, before pausing. "No, they clearly have something to 'talk' at one another but it's all scale type monsters home, never really thought it was more than "grrr" for "go away" variations or something."

"I studied it so I didn't always have to rely on other people to do it for me." Because who knew when some mage would end up missing a cue, or get incapacitated, and they'd be left with no one to launch fire. "And because there's something fun about taking a line of math and pushing energy into it and suddenly it looks like its raining meteors." Because that is totally the best mental image.

As for working, Duke closes her book, thinking. "Because the magic might not be the same type, or something like that. I can't do anything like Rosethorn does, but I do know that with the right amount of earth and a bit of water modifiers you can make a rush of thorns, but that's not exactly the same."