`` and we are certainly not going to find it sitting here , '' iskierka put in , which was true , but a species of logic which put an end to any rational design of the pursuit : the two of them would be off , at once , and when caesar , evidently not yet inclined to so protective a view of his hypothetical year-mate , began to complain , iskierka caught him by the ruff of his neck , shook him , and none too gently dragged him squalling and protesting up onto temeraire 's back : they refused point-blank to be constrained by his slower pace .