Startled, Jay jumps back, hissing at the figure coming toward him. He's still close enough that she could probably pull him in if she really wanted, but he hoped his hissing might dissuade her. If not, he would change, because while he didn't want everyone knowing what he was he had the feeling that if she found her hands full of a writhing, venomous snake, she'd change her mind about whatever she had in mind.