He is actually a wolf in disguise
“traveler’s patients” is supposed to be “patience”
I'll try to answer your question the way I understood it.
Objectivity is a lack of bias/prejudice towards an individual, an argument, an idea, etc. In literature, a character's "objectivity" makes them non-judgemental (which often has ties with charisma, empathy, and other good qualities).
Answer:
antonym/contrast, because the writer uses two opposites when describing the cat.