A moment of consideration, and the tail resumes its former position, a little more snugly this time. If he isn't being shooed away, he won't second guess it, though the magician's next words make him grin broadly.

"And so what if I am?" he asks, mockingly. "Seems to me I do the asking often enough. Maybe I'd like to see what it's like the other way 'round, for a change."

He bats his eyes at the magician, placing a hand over his own chest and feigning a swoon. "Go on then, Master Childermass, seduce me."