After the run in with Jonah Alex finished her survey and minus one cow she had her figures... Alex saw a puma headed for Jonah and in the pamphlet there was a self defense clause for wildlife 'ex: a bear attacks you you can kill the bear endangered or not. BUT it will be investigated.' Alex fired off a warning shot to scare the puma off and it worked. She thought 'you're welcome scum bag'. A roar sounded and unlike the male in her hotel this male dragon was in musth like an elephant he was hyper agressive and Alex knew she had to drive him off...
She went and saw a truely massive male dragon... And he saw her letting out a deep purr at the presence of a female a mature female... She shifted and displayed clear and blatent disinterest but he didn't care and grabbed her by the back of the neck... If Jonah was watching he'd realize full well a key difference between Nightling and Nightshade the scutes under the skin and scales a few layers of them. They had some spongey tissue between them and were meant specifically to deal with the teeth of other dragons... Also a great deterrent for swords, lances, spears, arrows, and so on.