You wonder what the dragon means, and so you say, "What? What do
you mean the end is near?"
The dragon stares at you with the sad emerald eyes again, and
responds...
You see a brilliantly colored blue dragon. Its eyes are the color of
an emerald, but filled with more sadness. You reach over to it and
touch its back. The dragon makes no move, but only sits there and
looks at you with those sad emerald eyes. Then it says, "The end
is near my friend. Climb onto my back, and we shall travel together
until the end."