With a powerful beating of wings, Gwyntaan launched himself skyward once more.  This time, he circled over Tesla simply to ensure that the human also made it out of there safely.  It appeared that his recent melee with the alpha-rat had convinced the rest of the pack that this new predator was something to be reckoned with - either that, or they were occupied with filling the sudden power-vacuum.  All it took was a few perfunctory swoops to keep the opening wide enough for escape.<br/><br/><hr/>Back at the airship, the dragon landed on the flight-deck as normal.  In this relative safety, he took the opportunity to examine his battle-wounds.  The actual scratches weren't particularly deep, and only bled sluggishly, but some of the rat-thing's blood and fluids had stained the dragon's opalescent scales, and there was no telling if the vermin was diseased, venomous, or had caused any other form of contamination.