"But it doesn't hurt, right? I mean, if it's causing you pain to talk, you don't have to." She could be a bitch, totally, but she didn't want him suffering in his effort to make conversation. She was perfectly happy just chillin' on the floor looking at the pretty kitty!
She watched him eat the raw steak, and it was truthfully a little gross. She liked her meat well done, thankyouverymuch! Still, there was also the cool side to seeing a big cat chow down like that. "Those teeth are fucking fierce, dude. You could so rip someone's arm off with those things." That image made her somewhat gleeful. He'd be a valuable person to have as a friend. How could would it be to just walk around in public with a huge panther at her side. No one would give Pey shit!
She shrugged at the compliment, "No big. Glad to help. Besides, I get something out of the deal too." She smiled wickedly and leaned over to pet the top of his head, taking time to scratch behind his ears. "I wasn't allowed to have pets when I was a kid. My brother had a dog, but it didn't like me all that much, and we had to get rid of it." She had never understood the dog's dislike of her. She was nothing but nice to it, honestly! But every time she got within smelling range, the dog's hair stood up and he started growling at her. Maybe he had sensed that she was different.