Jaali feels the situation getting dangerous, and will run back, trying to hide himself somewhere he can still peek out to see what's going on.

Jaali doesn't really care about the crown in particular, so he would definitely hand it to the dragon. So I guess it will be between the Paladin and the dragon now.

Sorry for the answering delay by the way.

Jaali takes the items one by one and shows them to the dragon. Does the dragon have a particular reaction to any of the items ?

"Let me check it out ! Stay away, just in case..."

Jaali looks for traps on the chest.

"Wait, I'm not going to swin in a ocean full of sharks !"

I'll do it if its the right course of action, but Jaali may need a bit of convincing.

Jaali leave without saying anything and come back with a long rope and starts tieing it to the boat.

"I can't wait to get rich. Let's bring that chest on board"

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