The aftermath of tricking Wukong into wearing the circlet makes things tense between the three. Dove is in pretty heavy denial over how much regret she's feeling, Tripitaka feels just as bad but is trying to put on a brave face, and Wukong is just pissed.
There's rarely any words spoken among them until Dove recognizes a river they start to approach. She would've travelled with Guan Yin to find Trip in the first place, an thus would've known where each of the disciples would be. Unfortunately, Ao Lie makes his entrance before she can warn them and chaos ensues.
Wukong would likely leave her to get eaten while he takes Tripitaka to hide him somewhere safe. Dove can't get a single word in before he's gone, it's not like he's in the mood to listen to her anyway. He's reasonably petty af
When she finally catches up, he'd go back to fight this 'dangerous dragon' and ignore her until she manages to fly between and stop the two of them. Ao Lie would get chewed out for nearly scaring his master to death and eating his horse (Seriously, what was he thinking?!) and Wukong gets some annoyed remarks about not listening to her. He'd bite right back tho, she really expects him to listen to her? After her last stunt?
After some more arguing and Dove trying to justify her actions (Not just to Wukong, but herself), they fall back into their tense silence while clearing everything up with Ao Lie and setting up camp for the night. Once they both have the time to cool off and Dove reflects on the past few days, she goes to speak with Monkey King.
She waits until the others are asleep, still too prideful to apologize with them listening, and gives the Great Sage the special leaves Guan Yin originally gives to him in the book, as a sort of peace offering. She acknowledges it's not the freedom he wants, and that she wasn't aware of the circlet's painful methods of restraint, but it's not that easy to earn Wukong's forgiveness. Hell, he doesn't trust anything she tries to give him now.
He'll eventually acknowledge the apology, but that doesn't mean he accepts it. Before she leaves him to go sleep in her own spot, he gives her a closing remark with a cold glare.
"Be grateful you tricked me at all, woman. I won't be fooled twice."
