"Is that all this is? A simple game of seek and destroy? One would wonder what the benefits of swimming in this direction would be. Tell me, why should we assist you when it seems more beneficial to simply join with that male. He seems like a nice enough scaled one" she took a few more puffs and blew the smoke. She was sent here to help, the council did not specify help who. 

"And you Shiro, surely you must doubt the existence of souls. It is nothing more than the lies and manipulations of spirits who wish to gain power over the living through manipulation"