Bolten reminds Shandara, "Yes, dragons can be dangerous, but so can Imperial nobles be when someone crosses them. Dragons, like anyone else, have their price."

To Ulrik, Bolten answers, "My mother owned a clock shop on the outskirts of one of the holds. I probably heard the tick-tock of the clock in my crib. Mother didn't like me playing with the other dwarf children, so I had plenty of time to practice making pieces and putting them together. She was only interested in making clocks, but I was constantly experimenting with different ways to design mechanisms for different tasks." The information came slowly, almost reluctantly, as if Bolten rarely spoke to anyone about his past.