What could conceivably convince a dragon to willingly give

>>52978808
"Your dad knows where you live"

>>52978808

Genuine immortality

>>52978808
Part or all?

The plausible and imminent threat of death.

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>>52978808
>What could conceivably convince a dragon to willingly give up its hoard?

Dragon in question has found out they've been bamboozled and their hoard of gold is actually all chocolate.

They must not get rid of their horde or risk getting partially-melted dollar store chocolate fucking EVERYWHERE.

>>52978808
A larger horde.

Alternatively the possibility of getting whatever you're offering, then killing you and taking its hoard back.

>>52978808
A bigger hoard.

>>52978808
A horde

>>52978808
The rust dragon are coming by.

>>52978887
>partially-melted dollar store chocolate
That shit IS basically impossible to completely clean out of scales.

>>52978808
As part of a loan with high interest rates, knowing that it can find and kill you if you don't deliver.

>>52979089
>implying gold rusts

(deep rumbly draconic voice saying "wew lad" in the distance)

>>52979457
>get load from DragonBank
>fritter away the dragon's money on useless crap
>dragon comes
>kills you
>???
>no hoard, nothing to show for it, dragon becomes laughingstock in the dragon community, becomes deeply depressed and eventually commits suicide because the only thing that brought it happiness is gone and it'll take centuries to build it's hoard back up

the real monster is you t b h

>>52978808

Taxation.

>>52978808
True friendship

>>52978808
A low risk long term mutual fund investment with compounding interest.

>>52978808
A bet it thinks it can't lose.

>He's a predator
>In a fantasy
>In a smelly and dingy cave
>He does it for free
>He takes his "collection" very seriously
>He does it cuz it's the only power and control he will ever have in his pathetic life

>>52981015
So the answer to OP is a ladydragon companion, yes?

>>52978808
Midlife crisis.

He then turns into a adventurer.

A bigger, stronger dragon

>>52979089
There are precious metals that don't tarnish like gold, silver, and platinum. Although, you can't make jewelry with pure silver.