David looked at James, opened his mouth, then looked as if he realized something. He shook his head and grinned at James. "Don't see how he was much of a fool if the dragon was eating up people and livestock - pretty normal to want to stop that. And please don't give me vague magic-y terms that I don't know about like 'Ascalon', because I'll just give you a blank stare in response," he said in response.