There was an almost endless number of actions and ceremonies was hard to follow. Even more cultural differences made through the years stacked up making it tougher to understand. Walker would need to be very careful with his actions since simple little things might be thought of as disrespect to another royal. The only thing that seemed to really give him one up on the others was the natural mana aspect he had. Most dragons had singular or dual elemental affinities. Having multiple was rare and having three was considered once in a hundred years. Not that this totally limited them but it directed the path they traveled.
The pressure Walker felt to read the book as fast as possible was the same that Su felt. However, they were also sharing lessons with everyone else as they read. "So you have to be taller than the other dragons? How are you going to do that when ancient dragons live to be taller than our houses?" Remey was trying to figure out why such a rule existed.
Dragons have so many years that they are more or less a mystery to most races on the planet. Dragons have existed longer than most races.