The only downside was that she probably wouldn’t get to see Dale much if they did that.  Clearly, he was seeking out further contact with them, and seemed to have mostly gotten over his nervousness around them.  Why had he come?  Was he a refugee, alone on his island?  Or had he escaped from some awful fate, only to have the mare and stallions come along to try and take him back?  Maybe that was why he risked jumping into her spell; maybe he knew that the alternative was probably worse.  Of course, she could be completely wrong: that scenario sounded more like a Daring Do story than reality.