"They will not start that way. We begin our lives as Fairies and can, with enough devotion and training, become Immortals. It can take hundreds or years at times and Immortality can also be granted to us by the Emperor. So it's perhaps best to say that all dragons eventually become one if they are not already."

This was an easier topic for him to discuss. To explain these matters. Far better than his failings in his long life. His numerous crimes.