Cloud's eyebrow went up at her reply. Her own status had not really been a thing on his mind, he was more just happy to have the extra hand here. Talking like that didn't make her sound much better than the gossips around the Ranch given the way it could be interpreted. He let it go though.

The bird quirked its head as Natalia reached out for it, not pulling away but merely trying to watch the hand coming at it as most animals tended to do. As she began to run her fingers through its feathers it shifted to lean into the contact, letting out a happy trill.

"They're good animals, and most of the time when you see a violent one it's trying to protect something. There's a couple ill tempered ones but they're social creatures mostly. And good judges of character too."