Dean hesitated. This was new territory and he wasn't sure how to tread. "I would still prefer you didn't." Not that Dean thought Don Juan could actually cause any trouble, the zoo itself was quite locked down, or so he'd been told.

Truth be told, he was more worried about Dempsey's state of mind. Dean had come to terms with how he felt, still felt, about Don Juan and that it was not something that could be in the present, but it wasn't something he wanted to let go of either. Which meant not letting him get mauled by dangerous creatures if he could help it. He just wasn't sure how to go about it at the moment.