"Serious answer? Defenses like razor-sharp anything, or hard scales, or breathing fire, take energy. A lot of it. Dragons, and likely that creature, are fortunate enough that we can draw on magic to supplement ourselves... but we still eat more than enough food for a creature of our size. I can't imagine that creature doesn't devour a small forest, animals and all, every day."<br/><br/>She nodded. "Not a terrible idea. I suspect the response is something along the lines of 'trample and then devour', given how things in this place usually run. As long as the trampling goes away from us..."