Scorpia flinched slightly at the yelp. "Look, I promise, I'm not going to eat you," she said. "I don't even know what sort of thing you are, but I know you definitely don't look like anything I'd want to eat. Or could eat, even if I wanted to; you're way too big."

She didn't exactly 'shoo', but she did back off slightly to help show that she meant no harm. She'd correct him on her species in a moment.