Yuri snaps and claws at the illusory Gabriel, trying to outmaneuver him. He's panting harder again, letting out huffing growls of frustration and anger as the angel proves impossible to catch. By the time the real Gabriel comes up to touch him, Yuri's gone into a tantrum, clawing up furrows in the ground and making as much of a racket as a fully grown grizzly bear can. Bastard! Fucker! he snarls, trying again to swipe Gabriel's head off.

The touch on his side doesn't go unnoticed. Yuri twists too late to see anything but a blur of movement as the real Gabriel teleports away. He looks back and forth between the illusory Gabriel and the real one in confusion, but quickly makes his decision and lumbers toward the one that just touched him.

And...stops. Yuri trembles, one forepaw still in the air, and tries to push back against the hold suddenly clamping down on his mind. He lets out a frightened groan as he succeeds only in setting the paw down and sinking to his haunches, ears back and eyes wide. He doesn't move again after that except to bare his teeth should Gabriel come near, much as he wants to leap up and tear the angel's face off.