Okay, so she had a point there. If he had stayed in his tree then... well, he wouldn't be running from a dog. He wouldn't have had to hide behind her to get away from the vicious beast. Sure, she said that the owner had a good handle on it, but that meant nothing to him. He tended to run when seeing dogs of any sort.
"Wei Wuxian. Getting back to the tree safe sounds good." More than good, even.