"They shouldn't know about us." Said as though those living in close proximity to the river don't know about him. They may not know that this young man is the dragon, himself (he suspects that many don't believe the dragon is actually real, having never seen it for themselves) but most of them know he's something other than human. Especially the older ones who've been coming to see him since they were children. It's hard to ignore the fact that they all got older but he never did.

"Whether or not I do shouldn't be that important to you."