@Allexio the whole I don't want to do anything against these dragons is bullshit. Unless they're a couple they wouldn't care about other dragons that invade their territory
How's she gonna swindle her way out of this you say? Simple. Zabira:"You didn't see anything." Everyone else:"We didn't see anything." Who's gonna argue with the Black Dragon? Just speculation though.
As far as her secret being out, Quentin knows already, and Zakaria probably won't let it slip, so while she'll have to fess up to those two, she's probably still safe.
Page 13: The bit about the captain stuttering while saying "the male word for I", wouldn't that be "o-ore" and not "o-ora"? Ora is a fighting shout, so it makes sense here that he's psyching himself up to go with Fia, rather than just stuttering something like "I-I..."