To Ejinar that cannonball was a monster with a will of its own. It showed him what war was: not a battery that exploded and sent matchstick soldiers fleeing, but a dragon that breathed hot fire on his naked heart.

Carsten Jensen
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The reason Ejinar was angry with the dragon in the story was because it was destroying his village. He felt that it was not right for this dragon to destroy the people that he loved. He wanted to fight the dragon but he also knew that it had to be done.

Source: We, The Drowned

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