User blog comment:Saratje/NEW Dragonborn content/@comment-5701011-20121127093238/@comment-1992639-20121127131414

Dragons respect and recognize power. It is why they stuck with Alduin for so long. If you are so powerful as the Dragonborn, they may respect you equally so.

It would be fun when you have to defeat a dragon before you can ride it. Perhaps a dragon offers a ride when you spare it. Hope so!