Fair enough. Orchid would at least have enough time to drape that hide over his shield, and hopefully it could be useful later on. If nothing else, it's a badass looking drake-hide shield. Even if drake's aren't intelligent, they're still considerably tough and Orchid would totes use his shield as a conversational starter.

[color=a2d39c]"This shield? Dragonhide. Yup. Killed dragon, cover shield. Orchid fight at Greenest, attacked by dragons. Killed many. Orchid strong, yeah?"[/color]