We're not talking about D&D, we're talking about ES. In the Elder Scrolls, dragons are intelligent beings, not animals.
That's exactly what I am talking about, it's not D&D. In D&D dragons are super intellectual, witty, quirky and so forth.
I don't want dragons to be portrayed like that old cliche in ES. What's your source that says ES dragons are like D&D dragons? Where did you read that dragons in ES aren't animalistic?