I didn't come expecting to slay the Chimera. Just to retrieve a friend for a friend.

[And her word choice there is deliberately ambiguous; it goes without saying that he's connected to Cooper — but there's also the implicit offer to forge one with her, too. It's certainly not difficult to like him, and his actions have done nothing but reinforce that since the first time they spoke. And besides, after the fiasco with Albert, it's only prudent to try to make sure things stay on good terms from the get-go, nowadays.

She casts a glance over her shoulder in the direction of her dragon, then looks back and surveys the undeniably dapper man in front of him.]

I'll introduce you once he comes back down. Where's Waldo?