“Why would sticking my bunny slippers out the window first make the dragon visible?”

“Because dragons are stupid.”, replied the snake, as though I had asked the most elementary of questions. “Dragons won’t be visible around humans because humans have a nasty habit of…. how can I politely phrase this? Chopping off dragon heads.”

The snake saw my somewhat dubious glance and went on to explain a little more. “Listen, dragons have been around for millenia but only knights in armor have seen them. Have you ever wondered why? It is because the dragons didn’t realize the humans in the metal were… well…. human. If they had realized that, they would have become invisible and the knight would never have been able to kill them.”

“So… the bunny slippers will help me… how??”, I asked, still not seeing the logic.

“If you stick the slippers out, the dragon will think you are a pair of harmless bunnies joined at birth by terrible growths… which coincidentally look like a human.