Seeing Korra's nervous smile in answer, Akito decides to believe that the bird probably wasn't in much pain - and even if it was, it wouldn't have been for long. It makes him feel a bit better about the whole thing. Perhaps he should stop identifying so much with birds, but they remind him too much of home.

"...Then if it's okay to meet her, I would like to."

Even if birds are his favourite animals, he'll always be a dog person. And Naga is the closest thing to a dog he's bumped into so far.