For a moment she just wagged her tail as he scratched behind her ears, but then after a second she concentrated once more, shifting back into her human form.
Now she was on her knees on the floor, her hands still in his lap and his hand tangled in the hair at the side of her head, and she grinned at him. "See? I'm very clever." Then she leaned in and pressed a kiss to his lips. Much better than licking him as a wolf, if she said so herself. After a moment, she pulled back and said, "So now... we can go running together!" Her voice grew just a bit softer as she said, "And you don't have to be alone."