To her credit, Nepeta doesn't panic. She doesn't move much either - no sense in aggravating the snake - but he first action is to drop her part of the elk as well. Only then does she nod - without turning around - to indicate that if has a shot he should take it. She isn't about to move look for it, and if dropping the elk hasn't crushed it, then it's better to have it dead now instead of waiting.

Besides, if it's a snakebite or a crossbow bolt, she'll take the bolt, on the off chance that it goes wide.