"It might be trying to send a message that you're all just not getting it yet." He sounds fairly confident about this theory since he knows exactly how most wolves in this situation would react.

Wolves, unless they'd been raised among people, were pretty poor communicators when it came to talking with people. Sure, Tsume's not sure he's getting what this one is trying to say yet either, but then, he's willing to give the wolf the benefit of the doubt until completely proven wrong.