[ Even through the haze of everything else, the flinch registers as fear for Jake. He cows back reflexively, curled lip falling back over his teeth with a sympathetic pang in his expression. Crud.

As he lets Wei Wuxian stammer out his answer, Jake's hackles raise again, though he keeps the corners of his mouth firmly pointed down. No more growling. He could at least do that much. This man was as angry as him, probably as scared as him in his own way, he didn't need to be any more petrified. ]

I--[ Jake sucks in a breath, willing it to come out less heated when he starts again. ] I knew they were training together. He introduced me to him as his teacher.

[ Jake's ears were back, paws clenching against Finn's blankets. ]

I could tell the guy was off, but I thought maybe it was just. Y'know, he was scared of dogs. [ There's a briefly guilty glance over at Wei Wuxian before Jake's eyes return to the floor, sternly reanalyzing that encounter. ] Finn didn't want me coming to their trainings and I thought, sure, y'know. Why cut the kid off at the knees if he knows the guy better than me? It's been going on since he first started here.

[ That fact seems to renew anger in Jake, though it's direction seems different. Directed inward, rather than outward. He shrinks a bit, unconsciously. ]

Have you seen anything before now? Any... sign of this? Give it to me straight.