[Thorin seemed to glower at her before he let out a loud roar - well, loud for his size. Truth be told, it was only about as loud as a medium-size dog barking. He then proceeded to paw at his own snout, and then again he pawed in the direction of the journal.]
[He could think of no better way to express his theory; he knew that the journal recorded spoken words, and translated languages so that the reader could understand even if the speaker did not speak the same tongue.]
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[He could think of no better way to express his theory; he knew that the journal recorded spoken words, and translated languages so that the reader could understand even if the speaker did not speak the same tongue.]
[And really, who else would speak Dragon?]