Pov Lolth:
Before the battle.
I don't care about the origin of the Anomalous Dragons, but finding out how their bodies work was useful information.
I already knew that their outer armor is their true body, but that's a difficult and not very deadly target. Their core has always been our target of attack when we encounter them. Even so, I never stopped trying to discover other weak points, something we couldn't do, whether with magical, physical attacks or using Elemental Power, the damage to them was too small compared to the power of our attacks.
This meeting showed me little, at most it made me realize that their state of hunger is more of a necessity than anything else, which doesn't help much in combat. Prolonging the fight so that they can't be used is something I tried before. The problem lies in the fact that they have very large reserves of power.
"But if the energy can be drained... I'll need that..." (me)