As much as Iskierka - and most dragons - tend to be interest in pretty things, few of them are pirates in any sense of the term. It's surprisingly hard to get a full-grown dragon on a ship and not end up with a wreck and the lighter weights aren't nearly as good as being destructive as even the middle-weights. Besides, Iskierka is much too fond of fights to ever really be satisfied with being on a ship.

"Oh no," she answers, perfectly frankly. "None of us do; I think they've decided we're not allowed to have them, and at any rate I shouldn't much like one, I think."