temeraire flattened his ruff in indignation : as though he would not have defeated the copacati himself , without any difficulty ; and as though he were not the senior dragon of their party- `` of course i will come , '' iskierka said , preening in the most absurdly self-satisfied manner , `` and meet the sapa inca , and i would be happy to explain how i won : it was a great battle , of course , and he was a very dangerous enemy , but that is nothing to me .