Who is more afraid?

My M says I'm a scardey cat. Why is she calling me a cat again? She's been calling me that since Wed night, after she took me to the nearby coffeeshop to buy dinner.

It happened like this:
My M went to buy dinner, so she put me on a down-stay on the pavement while she went to collect the food. See diagram below:



I was initialy on the right of the empty table, and there's a family of 4 at the next table. I was quite near the pavement, and sniffing the yummy floor, when 2 big men saw 1 big man (the black dots) and they shouted to one another. (M: Actually, they're friends who bumped into each other and were calling out greetings)

Then the men started walking towards each other. I think they wanna fight so I went to rest at a safer place. Follow the paws to see my new resting place. (M: Actually, he was scurrying to the other side of the table with his butt tucked in, looking at the 3 men warily)

Then the family saw all of these, and they said this when they saw me coming nearer to their table:

Little girl (pink dot) : I scared he run over and bite me
Father (blue dot) : He more scared than you

So that's how I ended up being a cat. If only my big brother herbie was here, he'll pawtect me from scary big men.
(Divine Herbie: If I was there, I'll be ignoring them totally. I'll just lie in the middle of the pavement. Try and get me to scurry away just coz they wanted to chat? Over my dead body! Oh wait, was that supposed to be literally or figuratively?)

(M: I think Helios is afraid of loud/ coarse men. He's ok with tall, soft spoken men but tends to cringe with people who are not so 'refined'. It's strange since I don't remember he's had any bad experiences with them. Or it may just be the loudness, because Helios tends to jump at sudden loud noises as well.

I wanna be a dog again. How can I become a dog again?