She's a sulky workshy teenager. Typical.

"Well, so do I," the cat says, "but you don't see me shirking, do you? Shall I tell your assigned coven that you've no interest in meeting them?"

Hey, it's no skin off his nose if she goes off and does her own thing, never learns anything, then gets eaten by a vampire or something like that. He has to try and approach her, but he can't be blamed for failing, can he?