"Oh - right. How could I skip over that?" He grinned at Susanna before meeting Pepper's gaze with a glint in his eye. "Let me see...the robot dragon was an ancient machine that had been brought to life by magic. He could breathe fire, and - oh, flew with rocket jets, obviously. Iron Princess had her work cut out for her, because there was only weapon that could defeat the dragon: a solid gold sword."

Okay, so technically speaking, that didn't make any sense, but whatever. Magic. He'd learned to roll with it.

"But she came prepared, having cunningly won the gold sword from a cave troll in a game of riddles."