Nasal mapping

Where was he anyway? He looked around and found that he was in a big room with large anatomical charts on the walls. On closer scrutiny they were all detailing different parts of the Dragon's anatomy, except for the caudal region where the tail was still in place. It was a very thorough study, the only thing that wasn't shown was how to kill the beast.

Fred became engrossed (in more than one manner) with a chart of the Dragon's nasal passages. Could this be the nose map the coins seemed to refer to? The inside of the nose seemed more complicated than one would expect, but that was probably required to smell the blood of Englishmen and stuff like that. Or was that giants? He always got them mixed up.

Suddenly Lord Fred had an epiphany. He excused himself and looked at the chart again. By what he had seen so far, it was an accurate depiction of the Southern Caves! Which of course meant that the Dragon wasn't in the caves at all - the caves were in the Dragon!

1. Two men in white coats appear. It's a pair of docs.
2. Fred shouts "FEE FIE FOE FUM!" for no apparent reason.
3. Fred sticks a pin into the map at what he takes to be his current position. With a thundering crash, an enormous steel pillar bursts through the ceiling.
4. John Flansburgh and John Linnell appear, announcing that they might be giants.
5. The coins burst out of his purse and land in neat rows, spelling out "FRED IS A THIEF".

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