[He'll keep to himself what he thinks of any ruler that would let a kid this young be that far up the chain of command, no matter how clever or talented. His own previous ruler included, come to think of it. Hadn't little Lord Greylace been in charge of torturing people for Th'Esar since he was just a kid? And that had on the whole ended extremely poorly.

But he's not here to argue with a teenager.]

It basically means "dragon rider" where I'm from. Most fearsome fighting force, most admired men, so on and so forth. [He smiles a hint wryly, a little man with a fussy silk scarf and a kitten-sized dragon sleeping around his neck.] Please try not to act too impressed, it's embarrassing.