"Calm is better. Quiet helps too."

Not that he's really worried about X getting panicky and loud.

If he was, he wouldn't have brought her here anyway.

He takes a few steps forward too, movements steady and deliberate, and in her peripheral vision. (It's habitual courtesy; it's also giving her room to move in case she needs it. Though in a way, that's habitual courtesy too.)

"Hi," he says to the lions. "I'm back for a bit."