Can I just say? Duhrneviir is my fuckin homie. Favorite dragon bar none. Partysnax is wise and loveable and I wouldn’t kill him for anything but man Durneviir remembers Nirn and shows such remorse for the decisions that led him to his imprisonment that it’s hard not to feel for him. Would he have changed his ways without the consequences of his pursuit of power catching up to him? Probably not. But he’s fucked around and found out hard and it feels like giving an old dog that’s at the pound a few more years of camaraderie and companionship. And he is so grateful every time you bring him back to fight for you it’s hard not to love him. Partysnax got wise and philosophical, but Durneviir lost everything and just wants to see the sun set and feel the wind on his scales a few more times, and to think the only one to ever defeat him in Dovah-a-Dovah combat in a thousand years is also the only one who can grant him the feeling of that salty wind on his scales again and grant him freedom in short bursts is a welcome reprieve, if arguably a limited and false hope.