The order to destroy the town's food is the next best thing to getting to devour the entire town wholesale. After all, there was no specification to the means. If she eats everything it's the same result as the food being destroyed in the end. Even if it does nothing for her hunger, she'll at least get to feel full from eating an entire town's stockpile. New converts are a more important thing than personal satisfaction.<br/><br/>During the trip Nezasit is actually quite social. With the lesser cultists if the lesser chosen are uninterested. Her would be personal tent generally occupied by a few guests each night. Why wouldn't they want to be closer to one with the form of a dragon?<br/><br/>"Don't be so quick to dismiss the potential of honeyed words to a desperate populace. The town was sacked not long ago. The people will be desperate. Rissle's plan of acting like adventurers could work swimmingly. It's easier to get information like where the people that attacked them went from people who think you're trying to help them than ones that are cowering in fear. We don't need their trust, just their cooperation." She thinks for a moment, attempting to refine the ploy. "In fact, instead of attacking at a predesignated time from now. We could play the people, get the information, and 'depart' in the direction of the heretics. Afterward we meet up with the main force and relocate the staging area to that direction. Then we return in a rush. 'They're coming back! Everyone needs to get into the castle before they return!' All the people bundled up and ready for our feast without pesky problems like stragglers running away. And no need to torch the town a second time so all their food can be dessert."