He'd be surprised; Saash had visited the library often enough on her own, to say nothing about doing so with the rest of the gate team for various reasons...

You don't mind having a break to pet me? There was amusement in her voice, to say nothing of the expression she wore--blinking slowly, whiskers forward, and purring rather loudly. Oooh, yes, there, right there! Harder!

She didn't seem to be shy about giving direction, when she felt it necessary.