"The greatest ability for change?" John repeated, not expecting to hear the dragon say such a thing.
"Exactly," the dragon replied, but realized more clarification was needed.
"Do you know why humans are at the same time so weak yet so powerful, and considered by some to be the perfect lifeform, while others consider them the most pathetic life form?" the dragon-spirit suddenly asked, his question not what John had been expecting. He thought over the question for a bit, but shrugged his shoulders in reply.
"No idea," he replied.
"Humans are born weak. So weak as to be considered beyond pathetic," the dragon started to explain. "When you humans are born, you cannot even raise your head, and it takes you decades to obtain even a bit of strength. Compared that to most other races, such as us dragons, who are born with incredible might, but even the less powerful races are born strong and achieve strength at a pace that humans can only envy!"