`` of course he will not outgrow maximus , '' temeraire murmured to dorset interrogatively , when the second cow had vanished , and kulingile was eyeing the rest of the herd with a sad , speculative gaze ; temeraire did not really see why kulingile should outgrow him , either , but one did not wish to sound self-centered , or as though one would mind any such thing : it did not signify , of course , if one were a celestial , even if kulingile was also coming into a quite handsome pattern of golden scales , as he grew .