part of me wishes that Dawn Bellwether did not turn out to be the villain, even if I have to admit to giving her credit for hiding it so well, but still wish it could have been someone else instead of her. But now that I think about it, I think she had reasons on what drove her to do such a thing. And NO, I don't believe that Lionheart's mistreatment was the ONLY reason and would not be a convincing enough reason for that either. It was one of the reasons for it, but not entirely. It's possible that Dawn Bellwether was once a victim of prejudice, bullying, and abuse herself, far worse than what Nick and Judy went through, and felt trapped inside for the realization that being born a sheep made her "easy prey" in a society that labels her kind like that, not to mention making them the easy targets of bullying and torment from the higher class community that doesn't see them as capable of ever doing big things in any career. And what if the words she spoke "Fear always works!" were not her own words to begin with and came from someone else in her life and it always stuck with her to adulthood? Suppose if there had been an alternate kind of ending where even if Judy recorded Bellwether's confession, the sheep made a run for it, assuming that Nick had finished the job only it was all a trick and the police were close by and arrived to ask them what happened and find that Judy is alright, just injured. Once they hear the recorded confession, Bogo demands to know where Bellwether took off to, only for them to not know, but they have to find her as soon as possible right as soon as they get the two out of that hole. Whether Dawn made it back to the office or is still in her car with the henchmen in hiding at their own place, she might think the job is done until she hears police sirens coming her way, puzzling her as to what happened which becomes a police chase until her car crashes somewhere and she ends up on the run to try and hide out in another building or an abandoned amusement park where a few of the cops are searching for her, and she finds out that Nick is chasing after her (meaning he might have reluctantly left Judy with someone who could give her medical attention at the hospital) leaving her scared at the thought of being chased by a predator, but is in that state of denial in admitting to anyone that she is scared and confused herself until she runs into some kind of exhibit or attraction that involves sheep like her and predators viewed as the hunters with sheep becoming the hunted and whatever else she sees that triggers memories and flashbacks on what drove her down this path, possibly revealing that she was once someone who wanted to make her dream come true, to prove that sheep are not just "easy prey" animals that will amount to nothing, but can do anything they dream. But imagine someone like a parent, sibling, or relative that made you get your hopes up to high in wanting to achieve that goal, only to have it shattered to pieces where you feel that everything you did to reach that point was all for nothing, losing hope in yourself and finding another way to prove it, especially when the collage dream was taken by someone...someone like Leodore Lionheart that somehow got the role instead of her. After a history of emotional and physical trauma/scars brought on by predators that caused her to fear them for so long, and would explain the further resentment of Lionheart which she didn't know he was elected mayor once being elected as assistant mayor, because nobody ever told her until he showed himself and she thought "You took everything from me". Whatever happened, she might have tried to be friendly with him when they were students at the same school, but it turns out a great change had overtaken him and their past relationship wasn't the same ever again as if it never meant anything to him.

In other words, Dawn Bellwether may be another example of people who run away from themselves because they can't accept reality due to the harsh problems it causes them, a reality where others treat those who are different unfairly, so they get the wrong idea of creating a world where that doesn't happen; her idea such as prey living without fear of predators once they are gone and can no longer hurt them like they did to her as a little lamb. In other words, Dawn could feel safe and in control of her surroundings, only it would turn out that there is such a thing as the danger of diving into such a fantasy and it is taken too far and risks the safety and security of the average citizen. Even when Nick finally has her cornered with nowhere else to run, Dawn has the same serum gun which will prove useless as it ends up being empty, not to mention she was not in the right mind when threatening to use it on him again or herself. Rather than show her any contempt for what she tried to do before, Nick puts on a powerful speech which has her listening carefully he understands how angry, scared, and confused she is because he has been there himself before to be in a world where you are left thinking nobody will ever accept you for who you are or what you are. But resulting to crime can never amount to anything or get her anywhere, no matter what next position she is in, therefore if she keeps this up any longer, she may become a fugitive on the run forever in hiding and living in fear of the same reality she tried to escape from, but couldn't. In other words, she doesn't have to be a monster and use that as an excuse to keep running away, and she doesn't have to be afraid of predators all her life because of what happened to her as a little lamb. He may be a predator himself, but he is not there to hurt her or tear her apart, no matter what she did. He only wants to see her well again in hopes she is no longer clouded by her own fear and confusion that drove her to this path. "You don't have to be a monster. Because no matter what others may say to you, you really are special and not just some worthless prey". At last, Dawn can no longer bottle up any emotion that she's been doing for as along as she can remember and tears up in sorrow and remorse for what she had done and drops that gun, breaking out in further tears as she sinks on her knees and doesn't even feel Nick carefully approaching her to stay before the police find out where she is and this time, she doesn't try to run away and accepts her fate.