Okay, fiiiine, if you insist, Cassian. Since you're asking so nicely, and all.

Tannusen's response to the way the hairs on the back of his head started to stand up was to drop down further onto the human, choose a spot that probably wouldn't kill the guy too quickly unless he bit too deeply, and then sink his teeth in. Clothing put up about as much resistance as tissue paper; may as well not even be there.

If the sheer pain of even a non-lethal tiger bite could stop Ni in his tracks, Tannusen expected it would stop even this version of Cassian from finishing a spell.