Shere Khan smirked, "Well I wasn't questioning every story" he casually sharpened his claws, "I for one believe very firmly tigers could have saved this place from man, but some of the other stuff you claim to know, I'm not so sure".
"Still, lucky for you guys, a tiger still guards this place so, we won't have to worry about man even now" Shere Khan went on.
From where he'd been awake a while listening, Basdev cracked one eye open, "I hate to tell you this, kid" he said, "but I think any hunters or what not would be more scared of a half grown panther like me than they would a cub, no offense".
Khan wasn't detoured though and frowned, "A normal cub, yeah sure, but I'm destined to rule this jungle".
"Oh my mistake" Basdev hid a smile.