“Good, boy,” Fluttershy praised.  Celestia thought she saw the corners of his mouth lift ever so slightly into confused smile.  Celestia let the pegasus control the alien for a few moments longer than she probably should have.  She was grateful for the brief respite.  It gave her the precious seconds she needed to collect her thoughts.  She also hated to admit she felt a dark satisfaction from the sight.  Aside from the delicious irony, she now had a definitive weapon to use against the thing should he choose to misbehave again.  There was still the question of exactly how Fluttershy was able to get past the guards in the first place, but that could be addressed later.  