"Aw, come over here bud." Klaus rubs the hellhound all over his sides and back, peppering his nose with kisses. "Let's just see if we can't figure something else out then bud." He gets closer, but not too close, to the entrance of the cave. Signaling for Pepper to step back a bit, he looks for anything of interest on the outside, before conjuring a slapdash illusion of a frilled lizard to see if there's any kind of clash between the magic.