Yep. Turns out the finest medical technology doesn't make me a bionic man.
Dragons walked freely through the streets and were military creatures. Why don't I get dreams like that? Who made attempts on your life? Temeraire was a dragon though, wasn't he?
In the dreams, he was killed in combat. In reality, it was a freak accident on the tarmac. There really isn't a way to prepare for that sort of thing.