Oh, apology book-smoothing...the fox continues looking resentful for approximately 2.5 seconds before finally giving a final huff and changing back into human form.

"Is there anyone else I could be?" he says, brushing imaginary dust off his clothes and plopping himself unceremoniously back in his beanbag (with book, thank-you-very-much). It's just him and A-Qing in here, they've got a beggar brohood going or something--anyway he doesn't feel like keeping up the elegant act, okay?

Also the book is probably something silly, it's not like he was really paying attention when he picked it.