At the comment, one of his eyes open and he stares at Howl, recognizing the man as the self-proclaimed wizard that he'd met a while ago. Then the eyelid lowers and he settles himself into a more comfortable position, the chains clinking around him as he shifts.

"I did." Said horses have disappeared from the beach, on his order - he wouldn't want them to be captured and trussed up as well, so he'd told them to take to the skies.