37. Eyes
The red beam of an intelligent reptilian eye had greeted the invisible burglar upon his second entry into the dragon's lair; now, the same gaze held him frozen, captive, his mind a blank slate onto which were being written thoughts that had never dared flit across it.
They say that a dragon's spell turns one to stone, freezes him in place, cements him where he stands and forces him to listen, but stone, if trapped, is adamant; it is not easily moved, but likewise it is not easily changed. If such is the case, a dragon's eyes make one rather a sponge than stone.