All right... both of you just stay calm! I'm going to see what's making noise in there. I'll be back in a little bit.

[he takes a minute to purr on the stupid pile a bit more, feeling like the sound will reassure Mikleo about staying still at least; whatever he's supposed to be, right now his shape is a dragon's, and in Geir's experience dragons like warm purring heaps.

when he's confident that the situation isn't going to explode behind him if he leaves, he quietly disentangles his wing and proceeds past the chained monster.]