( He thinks, foolishly, he has discovered the crux of Emilia's fallacy, a matter of great and utmost importance. A foolish correction, between gritting teeth and a careful, ambitious slant of his body, a hard line behind Emilia's back to follow the natural curbed movements of the dragon in pivot.

But above all else: ) I survive.

( Therefore, this justifies all proposals of the kind: past, present and future. He has unpacked this, madam. )