Slightly more submissive or dominant behaviour probably wouldn't have altered Sorrel's view point at this moment in time. A drastically more dominant personality may have done, though she could have quite easily relaxed a little more and not had any effect upon Sorrel at all. To be honest he concentrated more upon her words, a little rusty it took him a moment to work out what she had said and what it meant. Some things came to him easier than others.
"Sorrel." Though he was able to properly introduce himself even in English you were lucky to get a response on the more polite side. His mind was mostly thinking on the right words to say what he wanted to as well. "Je vis Threar." Not quite the right way to say what he meant of course but it should be close enough. "Mon meute. Not far from here." He couldn't think of the words, he had no idea if she understood English but he couldn't put it into French. "Comprendre?"