On this occasion, Tasslehoff's thinking went something along these lines: “Yes, there's a dragon, and dragons are extremely dangerous and not at all conducive to long life, but the dragon is probably out. I'll just look over his treasure horde a bit, see if I come across anything interesting.” Or: “The dragon will probably be sleeping. They do sleep a lot, you know. I'll just look over his treasure horde a bit, see if I come across anything interesting.”