Jesse's going to morph back (now that he knows how) but Ned comes out of his little den of flowers with a smile, and Jesse pauses. Obviously he's not recognizable in this form, so Jesse thinks maybe he'll just... stay this way for a bit. Just to see if he can cheer Ned up. The nightmare thing - it's something Jesse's been through, though maybe not to the same extent. He feels bad. It's something like solidarity, right?

So Jesse just lets himself settle down into the wolf mindset. It's not hard. He's basically a big, dumb dog anyway.

Ned offers a hand, and Jesse scoots forward to sniff it, then lick it, and then immediately sneeze again. Dammit. But he ignores it, because he's decided he's just going to barrel forward and lick Ned's face. Why not? He might be a wolf, but that smile made him happy.