[A little defensively:] I certainly did not mean to discourage you; I simply do not see the point in lying about it.

[But he brightens soon after. This is an exciting thing to talk about!] Oh, there are a great many people here with strange abilities: mutants, and benders, and sorcerers, who can do all sorts of things, which I thought only existed in books.

[Says the dragon, but you know.]