Damon looked at the wolf for a little bit before saying, "Don't get in my way and we'll be the best 'team' we can be," while speeding up a little bit, shaking his head. One can assume that he was already thinking of how useless the overweight being would be for most, if not all, of the challenges. Regardless of his reasons, it was clear that this leopard wasn't going to be of much use talking to verbally.