He was sort of thinking of taking off from her horn as soon as she lifted her head and have done with it, but in the moment it seems better to wait and get off where he knows he won't just end up right back on the ground (or under her hooves) again. Of course, the fact that she's making him seasick doesn't help with his resolve to fly his way out of the situation.

"Who said I wasn't before you came along?" he demands irritably. He has the decency to feel a little bit bad about the ruined carnival...though he feels that was more her fault than his, and Gabriel's not-so-veiled threats back in the waking world haven't made him feel any better disposed toward either of them.