Jesse's eyes watched carefully. Following her every movement. He was no longer wary of getting pounced on, but she was fascinating to observe.
"WERE!" He tried. His bark wasn't as loud. It was still mostly bark, with a little ruff mixed in. Lower in tone, too. Quiet enough for her, he hoped, because he didn't know if he could make it any better than this. "BEAR! BIT! ME!" He told her as a way of saying he couldn't be sure why they were different, but reminding her too that his source hadn't been a dog.
He moved over by the counter once she was settled and sat by it. A little unnerved about having such a toothy claw-filled thing above him like that, but trusting that she would be able to keep herself from hurting him out of instinct. Or seeing him as prey.