[He's just lucky that Rhel has dealt with people who've never seen a Miqo'te (thank you, Ishgard), so she's hardly offended. At least he seems apologetic when he realizes!]

No, it's fine. Little ones who've never seen a Miqo'te very often ask if I'm just a cat. Just so long as he didn't tug my tail, I wouldn't mind him asking!