“In the first lesson Dominus Lukel had discussed fighting [a dragon] without armour, shield, lance, sword, or proper training. That class had been a roll-call of almost-famous heroes who had died facing definitely-famous dragons.
I had no armour, shield, lance or sword, and as for proper trainig, well… Dominus Lukel didn't pretend he'd ever seen a dragon, much less fought one.
I did, however, have a cake knife.
And an off-set spatula.”