Alistair felt a sense of relief sweep through him as the Kut-ku began to slow down, finally tired out from the sheer run that it had progressed at for so long. It at least meant that he didn't have to hold on so tight for fear of being thrown off and smashed against a tree. But the fact that it kept going in spite of the weight he was providing was also unusual. Why was it doing that? It had no reason to, especially when it should have been fairly obvious that he was there and they weren't exactly friends.<br/><br/>At last it tired out, dropping to the ground exhausted. He hopped off before it could crush his leg or something, and he took a moment after landing to stretch a bit, to work out the nerves and make sure that he had everything with him. The last thing he needed was to lose something out here in the forest where he would probably never find it again.<br/><br/>Looking back, he bent down and took a moment to use the rope he had to bind the Kut-ku in a way that would keep it from running off if and when it woke up. That done he took a moment to consider things before preparing a smoke flare to alert the Felynes working the camp. He knew the general direction to go, sure, but he wasn't about to drag this thing back through the forest all by himself. That was just asking to get attacked, and he didn't want to risk losing this capture after all the work he had put in.<br/><br/>With that done all he could do was wait as he turned around and surveyed the area, with its scorch marks, bones, the thick carpet of foliage. It wasn't too hard to guess that this was a nest of some kind. Slowly he moved off to survey the area, making sure that there weren't any imminent threats nearby such as an angry mate to worry about. He didn't go too far, but it would be stupid to simply sit there and assume that everything would be alright.