His head turned a little, getting a better look at the human who looked quiet a mess by this point. "Mmmm, then you are a great deal smarter than you look," the beast mused. At least the little nugget wasn't under the false pretense that he was, in away way, in control here.<br/><br/>'It is unsafe to stay,' the little voice in his mind cooed and the dragon turned his head, seemingly distracted from the human for the moment. Indeed the fires would be able to be seen for miles, lighting up the night and drawing attention. He stood, still holding the man in one claw before finally his head came forwards, massive maw opening wide. Then, in the sort of fashion one might hold a toothpick, he slipped part of the pole into his mouth, leaving the human dangling out as he strode forwards several steps before leaning back on his hide legs, crouching low to the ground. His wings unfurled, the white membranes stretching out over thick bones, before raising high  up and then coming back down as the beast suddenly propelled himself upwards. The height was, for him, very low as he suddenly beat his wings and carried over the field, not yet really taking to the sky but rather staying low and close to the land as his mind echoed to do. Still, for a human, the height of a high chapel steeple was probably high enough.<br/><br/>Though the pole was latched firmly between his teeth, it wobbled now and then as his forked tongue ran absently over it, nearly forgetting all about the human by the time they'd covered so much grown that the burning village wasn't even a speck in the night. So far they'd gone over trees and hills, passed over lakes and were now following a river north. The lands here were, for the most part, uninhabited, but those who were would have only heard the strange sound of his wings as the color of the dragon seemed to soak up and reflect the darkness around him. Here and there, the cries of beasts would arise from the forest as they took alarm to the gigantic predator to whom everything was fair game. Even birds squaked in their roots, leaving them in hopes to be out of the creature's path.<br/><br/>Covering ground quickly, the forest below them grew denser and denser still. The river went from calm waters to white rapids that gurgle and belched over rocks in the night. The air here, too, was much cooler than before. It wasn't long after that the seemingly dark outlines in the distance were suddenly close and, while the human couldn't see much, the dragon saw perfectly as he carried himself suddenly upwards, flying close to the surface. His wings beat harder and harder at the sudden straight up movement before, suddenly, they fell forwards and came to an abrupt stop. His wings folded as rocks crumbled under his feet, the sound of his arrival echoing loudly to announce they were in some sort of cavern.<br/><br/>Striding forwards through the pitch black, the human was suddenly spit out onto the ground landing in a pile of what felt like smooth but rather lumpy pieces of metal that clanged and clicked under the new weight. A rushing, shifting sound accompanied the heavy huff as the dragon laid down, curling around his new little prize. Like any trinket he fancied, he'd brought the human back to his nice little collection for safe keeping. One claw came forwards, rolling the pole back and forth. Funny, they were much easier to deal with when tied down. Far more pleasant to boot. He'd have to remember that for the future. A huffing, long sigh came past him, seeming to grow quickly bored with the male. Mind wandering to what he could do to make him entertaining, the head came down, the eyes once again just glowing lights in the darkness.