I'm sorry. Resolving problems used to be one of my major directives, so...I think the phrase is "old habits die hard".

[But then she kind of stops, and a pleasant little laugh bubbles up from somewhere in her throat, like something about that amused her despite being by all appearances completely serious across the board.]

You really are a magnet for dragons! You fought one once, and won.

[...]

It was a big dragon.

[IT WAS THE SIZE OF A DOG BUT WHO'S COUNTING]