"I think I am as well, but the worst that's likely to happen is I feel like an idiot - nothing novel there - and I leave." Bashir can't really imagine himself with ears and a tail. Or rather he can, but he doesn't understand how it could be relaxing.

"And I'm glad you are. I think you see me accurately." He does not say 'more accurately than I see myself', but Julian knows that's what Crais is likely to think.