<The whole point of living on a mountain is so I don't have to deal with people.> [Specifically people like Tony.] <Ever. The only person I ever see is my mother.>

[He takes a little half-step closer to Evie, his wing now pressed gently to her arm.] <Anyway, I can still change into a human if I really need to, but doing it more than three times in an day is pushing my luck, and I'm not getting stuck with a human body again.> [As if that's somehow a worst case scenario. He leans his head up, using his beak to move a bit of Evie's hair back behind her ear, almost like he's apologizing for saying such mean things about humans.]