> "Of course! Who do you take me for?" Novelty protested. "If I couldn't fight, I'd have been devoured while still at the hatchery!"
"What, seriously? As in, actually get eaten or…?"
"Err, no, not literally eaten. We haven't let the hatchlings eat each other ever since… err, actually, let's not talk about that. It was just a figure of speech, that's the important bit. Anyway!"