The tall shadow watched wordlessly. It had gotten comfortable and had spread its human arms out wide and then crossed them in front of it. Its pairs of hind legs were tucked neatly beneath it. It occasionally turned is head side to side, eyes drifting off of its mask and then back on the other side. When the gargoyle began to criticize Salem, it cocked its head further than usually, eyes aligning. The mask flushed blue and it shook its head in a disapproving way. "Don't be too hard on them," it said in a deep but female voice. The sound seemed to come from the shadow, but there was no mouth present. However, when the gargoyle continued, it didn't say anything else.<br/><br/>Joe was just sort of staring at the tiny gargoyle, and he watched it take off. He had originally been smiling, but now he was frowning deeply. "Um," he started, and then finished with, "What?" Did it want them to fly? They could run, but they had no idea how far they would need to do that. He looked at the shadowy figure for some form of indication about what they were supposed to do.<br/><br/>The eyes on the mask blinked a few times, and then the entire neck craned around to get a good look at all the tiny white lights in the distance. "Brace yourselves," it said, and reared up on its most hind legs. Without hesitating it plucked up Joe with one huge dragon claw. However, it appeared as though it was being careful with its claws, as nothing pierced anything important. Likewise, it snatched up Salem with the opposite claw. It didn't seem to care whether they were struggling or not, because it took off almost immediately. It broke into a run, and then into a jump, where it climbed sideways up the wall on top of a building using its remaining four limbs. Even though the ride was sort of cramped, it would do for a while. The shadow pointed itself in the direction of the gargoyle, and leaped across buildings to catch up with it.