Hannibal was amused by the little cat's reactions. So puffy, and so ready to try to fight off a thing so much larger than itself.
"Oh please." He wasn't speaking in a human voice or with human language. But his mouth translated the things that his brain wanted to say without any thought at all. He recognized all of this and stored the information for later. "You're such a little thing. And why would you be so certain that I'm planning to hurt you?"