[before his sword can make impact with the dragon, he sees the rock that comes flying past through his field of vision.

well, that was definitely unexpected.

he can really only afford to take his eyes off it for a couple of moments, but he looks over to mary, expression sitting somewhere in the middle of surprised, impressed and amused.]

Oh? That's pretty brave of you, since I wasn't looking for help. I hope you don't plan on blaming me if he ends up killing you. [don't mind him, mary. he's just a shitlord about these sorts of things, even if he does appreciate it... though it'll probably land her in the line of fire. of course, that's also what makes him say that it's a pretty brave mood. in any case, it does the trick to distract the dragon just long enough...

maybe because its attention is diverting to the source. still, it gives souji an opportunity to make another lunge, and this one will connect with the dragon's tail.] It's not much fun for me if you keep trying to fight with other people, you know! At least play with people who have weapons to fight back with.

[it's not so much trying to reason with a dragon as it is shit-talking, for whatever that's worth.]