The older ones do. They roar, but when they speak to us, they do so via telepathy.
[ It is a lot to take in, having a large adult dragon almost breathe down on you. There's the visceral fear of a prey animal in the face of an apex predator...
He folds his arms. It's been almost a century since Bahamut towered over him and threatened him to cooperate lest he be eaten alive, but that memory will remain with him for as long as he lived. The pressure that the elder wyrm exuded was more than palpable - a feeling of sheer terror that penetrated down to one's stomach and heart. The effect is there, even if it was only especially effective against him because he too bore a dragon's heart. ]
The younger ones take time to develop communication skills. I did teach a few myself, they're every bit as hard to work with as human kids.
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[ It is a lot to take in, having a large adult dragon almost breathe down on you. There's the visceral fear of a prey animal in the face of an apex predator...
He folds his arms. It's been almost a century since Bahamut towered over him and threatened him to cooperate lest he be eaten alive, but that memory will remain with him for as long as he lived. The pressure that the elder wyrm exuded was more than palpable - a feeling of sheer terror that penetrated down to one's stomach and heart. The effect is there, even if it was only especially effective against him because he too bore a dragon's heart. ]
The younger ones take time to develop communication skills. I did teach a few myself, they're every bit as hard to work with as human kids.