Normally, a bird's chirp would only register so much, but he hasn't heard one since- well, other than with Akito. Birds are rare here, and the fact that there's one here inadvertently confirms it.

So he feels comfortable stepping closer, taking a look over the two of them before his eyes fall upon Bird, a furrowed brow above them.

And as stupid as he feels talking to an animal, it's not as though stranger things haven't happened as of late. "Is he all right...?"