[ this shoebill would be correct. hyth is not doing himself in favors in not giving off npc vibes, but xie lian doesn't seem to mind it - he smiles back at him and manages to finally pull free the little device. ]

Thank you. [ and - there's a matching sort of amusement to his voice when he replies, looking at the creature as he. sort of tries to get a picture of it while it is looking away? his pictures always turn out terribly but he is trying, and he ends up saying more so to himself (or the bird?) (this is a man who definitely talks to wildlife) ] Now, you're really fitting this description a little too well, aren't you...? I'd start to think you were cursed again.

[ (xl voice) is this bird emet ]