`` if he is going to smother himself with his own weight , '' caesar said , `` it seems to me you ca n't call it friendly to help him do it quicker , '' but this was only spiteful meanness , temeraire felt ; although kulingile would eat too quickly , and then stop and gasp to catch his breath , and then begin again ; and when he was done and had collapsed in slumber beside demane , his breathing was a little worse .