[ Alex looks almost surprised at the grin at first. He's clearly not used to being as social as the last few days have demanded of him, nor at being befriended as quickly as Sam seems determined to. It's a welcome kind of strange in a world where there's a lot lot of weird. The surprise twitches in to momentary confusion, clearly not familiar enough with his co-hatchlings yet to assign even descriptive nicknames to faces. ]

I think Crow might get jealous if he finds out I've been petting other aerial scouts. [ It's a joke, but man is his delivery dry. ] I was talking to Mattias about too. I agreed to start trying to find something here people can eat without any poisonings- if you'd be willing to have Redwing do some daily surveillance on the same route, I can start studying the local- well, everything. [ It's not a proper expedition, but it's a hell of a step up from a trail cam. ]