To see him actually just put his hand so easily on the creature doesn't really surprise Estelle. Of course, she could have closed in and tried herself, but she took an example from Repede and just knelt on the ground, her dress fanning out around her. She had thought she tried that technique of calmly approaching it, but perhaps it sensed her nervousness. She had read that animals can react to that.

"Is that so. You must just have a natural affinity for animals, Yuri."

She could pout, but instead she smiled. It was nice to see this side of him, the side that maybe others don't really get to see all that often. Or maybe she was just better at picking up small details like these from people.