"I won't," Mistral says. "And I don't like or use cages, unless they won't let us in a town otherwise... and then I'd rather stay outside anyway. I only have collars on Red and Kitty because Red's is charmed to shrink him if we have to go into a town so we don't get chased off by guards. They don't bother us as much if he's the size of a small dog. And Kitty's collar has all kinds of charms on it to help keep her safe."

Displacers didn't have the benefit of dragon-tough hide, if someone happened to work out just where they were. And Kitty's smart enough to have grasped the usefulness of the gift and would likely turn anyone trying to remove it into Kitty Chow... unless it was Mistral so a new protection spell could be added.

"But I don't make pets out of people," Mistral continues - he's not really aware yet of how intelligent Red might be full grown, what with the baby being the only dragon they've encountered so far. "I also don't steal other people's pets or try to use my Bell on fire lizards, since they might be linked to a person."