This creature is an extension of Metody, not very big and not doing a job of particular interest or importance. There is no reason for him to be paying close attention to it, and so the creature has only baseline intelligence. Which is to say, not overly much.

It pauses when the man comes into it's field of awareness, whole body tilting in puzzlement. And then it slowly approaches, slinking along the wall now, body low, drawn back, ready to flee at the first sign of aggression. Or screaming.