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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Dragons don't ask for maidens, he said. Dragons are offered maidens. Alys shook her head to show she didn't understand.Is a king likely to be a maiden? Or a village headman? It's the men who make the laws that decree that maidens be offered. - Quote by Vivian Vande Velde

Dragons don’t ask for maidens, he said. Dragons are offered maidens. Alys shook her head to show she didn’t understand.Is a king likely to be a maiden? Or a village headman? It’s the men who make the laws that decree that maidens be offered.

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