Not easily beaten by a simple locked bag, Felix intrepidly sticks out his head again and squirms through the opening. Raising himself up to his full, majestic length (in reality, seven or so inches on his rear legs), he looks up at Ameiko in defiance!
...Until he smells the food.
He takes a small hop, then another, cautiously looks at the Inn's owner one more time, then jumps into the bowl and starts devouring the lettuce like it was his nemesis and the time for a vendetta was long overdue!
His human slave could talk with the others for now.