"He seems a touch more trouble than my Iestivern is like to be, however." She pauses, looking between the two for a moment before continuing. "If there is aught that I have learned during my time here, it is that not all is as it might be in Arda. One of the dearest friends I made here was a dragon."

It's meant as a reassurance- that there's nothing inherently evil about the small creature before them.