"They don't know metal dragons," to unfortunately disappoint Amery right from the start, "but they have them and those smaller things. My best friend worships a dragon in their world. Naga! And people fly the smaller dragons around."

Were they dragons? Whatever, someone else can correct him another time.

"People use them for patrolling and fighting. There's a big war there," he explains. "But hey, I think you and him would have a lot to talk about. His name's Inigo! He doesn't come from a world with these things either."

A motion to the train. Medieval, he means medieval.