starting at the end

Edy's jaw clicked shut when she spoke, and he blinked as if awakening from some sort of half-dream state. He contemplating just bolting, but he could not seem to do that, either. Shifting his weight from one front paw to the other, he cleared his throat. “No, just...” What was he supposed to say? “You’re totally hot. Let’s have some babies.” That just didn't have the ring to it that he was looking for. No, Kennedy was a gentleman, and he was not about to tarnish that label because of some stupid biological hunger for something other than food.

“You startled me is all,” he replied, playing it off as coolly as possible. Of course, he had been the one to rush up to her, not the other way around, so it did not make perfectly logical sense, but Edy wasn't exactly thinking clearly right now. His mind was far too clouded with other thoughts for logic in that moment.