the dragons of Temeraire are generally much, much less reserved and formal than Argentian
I think the reserve and sincerity suits this dragon perfectly.

*wants to write more Pellew, now--and may just have to do so :)*
Ah well! In that case you must meet nodbear, our resident Pellew expert!

Right, I am off to post the poll for the following_sea caption competition. Do pop over and vote later :)