"It's lovely to meet you, Wei Wuxian," she said, smiling slightly at the man in front of her. "I am sorry about the animal," she told him. "I know it must be hard, dealing with that sort of thing." Luckily for Noxeema, she didn't have a phobia. At least, not to the extent of this Wei Wuxian's.
"Come, show me where your tree is," she suggested. "And I'll ward off any beasts that might cross our path." She understood that his fear of dogs was real, and she wanted him to be as calm as possible on their way back to his tree.