Perhaps it's means of protection? A sacrifice made to ensure their village might live another day. After all, there's certainly nothing else stopping a beast of that size from wiping this little hillside off the map.

[Yeeeah he's gonna just go ahead and join her, passing the bowl along in the same way he did the arm. Predictably, it's offered up to the dragon and eaten, bowl and all, in a single bite.]

Have you seen any of the other simulations yet?