[Perhaps if the pining whines weren't "I want it but I can't have it," if they were safer ground, teasing would be all right. As it is, Komaeda gets a look of gratitude.

...which quickly shifts to a look of panicked calculation, when Komaeda asks Atem to suggest whether more wolves should come along.

The factors that go into the calculus problem Atem is suddenly faced with are:

He only invited just me to make sure I was all right.

He missed me.

I'm not sure I'll survive ten more hours alone with him, at this rate my heart will give out!

More werewolves is closer to the spirit of the Mana quest.

Inviting Beat or other non-Fogs is a bad idea, the woods are dangerous.

I lost a month and a half of time we could have spent together.

(internal screaming, dog whines).

Mukuro is better for teaching him how to be a werewolf.

I want to be alone with him.

I can't stand being alone with him.

What is he supposed to decide?!]

If you do call more wolves, they should be Fog-aligned...Beat especially had a bad time in this forest, and it might be cruel to call him back here.

[Oops, he's slipping back into avoiding direct communication of his feelings, because his feelings right now are contradictory and overwhelming! Time to take refuge in strategy and looking out for others' feelings! His ears have pressed back, and his tail's stopped wagging: he's looking away, into the woods.]