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“The dragons would usually survive these battles.”

“With their thick hides and hard scales, I’ve heard they often couldn’t hurt each other that badly.”

“Of course, the kobolds would never be so lucky.”

“Hundreds, or sometimes even thousands of us would litter the ground, torn apart by other kobolds.”

“By family, as far as we could tell.”

“The outcome of those smaller battles might be completely irrelevant to which dragon won the contested territory.”

“But the outcome of the larger battle was definitely relevant to however many of their kobolds survived.”

“Dragons were sore losers.”