Blake was surprised at the girls reaction, she was not scared or anything.
insread she started to talk to him, strange...
he could transform into an animal but he was never able to talk to an other real animal, so why woukd she be able to...
At least she was not one of the humans that were a damger it seemed.
wait!!
She was not one of the humans, she reacted so differently. 
Its similar more to his tribe but she did not had the mark on her hand.
So she was a human, but they dont react like this....

the entire situation was becoming confusing, could she by any chance be something similar perhaps, an other race in general??
It took some time before he replied to her by lifting his shoulders.
But when he did the robe that kept his clothes and weapons packed on his back dropped.
the knot was not firm enough to keep sturdy after being stuck on a active panthers back for... weeks?
Just now did he realized that he had no idea how long he had been running in this shape...
but as the knot was not sturdy enough, that last movement became to much.
with a hard thud and the sound of metal hitting metal did his package drop to the ground.

blake wont lie, it felt great having lost that weight, but it also possessed an different problem of having a human? Close enough to hear it drop.
Blake froze...
if she heard it then she would check it
if she checked it then she might realize that he is not an panther
trough his eyes normally would be a give away, but perhaps she never seen one before so...
still if she realize that he is something else and if she is a human, she might attack him
worse he might lose his equipment with no way of ever getting it back
then he wont ever be able to turn human again unless he wants to walk nude trough the world...
And he would kill himself if he would lose his medium, its precies to him