"There, see? That wasn't so hard," he says soothingly as he takes the claw away again. "Sorry for scaring you so bad, but I had promised Hunter a meal and you seemed just like a wild rabbit. I don't harm sentient creatures, though, so that's why I had to get you to talk, once I heard you the first time." He gently lifts up the rabbit with his free tail and carefully licks off the saliva so that his fur isn't gummed up with it any more, then sets his down again. "You are free to go, but please stay a while. I'd like to find some way to make it up to you, and Hunter seems to be interested in meeting you."