[Straight to the point, as ever-]

Turns out they don't like cats. Spotted one of those things earlier coming towards me, but it started running away when a cat got close. Seemed like it forgot about me. It didn't come back, not sure where it went.

[He'd been watching the scene curiously, and by the time he thought to raise his gun again it had disappeared in the trees. Since the creeper was on a path straight towards him and obviously ready to blow, the fact that it completely forgot about him once the cat showed up could be useful.]