That he doesn't get kicked, punched or stabbed in the process is gratifying - and even moreso that he doesn't have to immediately KEEP running with his prize, as the behemoth has stopped below, rumbling its displeasure but not continuing the assault.

And so he lets go immediately; there's a certain space he prefers to keep between himself and others and he'll immediately seek that distance. His attention is still absolutely on the beast and not the beast's master.

"It was not unnecessary. I can't afford risking others' lives on assumptions." The accent is unfamiliar, if his planet has an equivalent he's never heard it. There was someone in the tower with an unfamiliar accent as well, but he'd only caught it on occasion and didn't know who it belonged to. "I apologize for touching you without permission but I would also do it again considering the circumstances."