[Because sometimes, this is just too much for pathetic birds to handle.]
[He hasn't left the room. At least he's out from under the table, but, he hasn't even moved toward the door. What the animal said to him barely registered, in light of the very human hands he saw, when he lifted them to defend himself. When he tried to fly, to get out of the way, nothing happened. He had no wings.]
[Fight-or-Flight mixed with very human adrenaline, and he wedged himself into a corner of the room, decidedly not adapting to this very well, and making no move to do as directed. Either to put his hand on the table or to leave the room.]
[The door is cracked open. He can see some shadow of something moving outside.]
[Which honestly makes him want to stay in here all the more.]
[This isn't what he wanted. This isn't the life he wanted... how is he supposed to be content, to live, like this?]
...
[He'll probably poke his head out eventually, but for the most part, he seems to be trying to scramble further into the corner, away from the shadow lurking on the other side of the door.]
INside the terminal room
[He hasn't left the room. At least he's out from under the table, but, he hasn't even moved toward the door. What the animal said to him barely registered, in light of the very human hands he saw, when he lifted them to defend himself. When he tried to fly, to get out of the way, nothing happened. He had no wings.]
[Fight-or-Flight mixed with very human adrenaline, and he wedged himself into a corner of the room, decidedly not adapting to this very well, and making no move to do as directed. Either to put his hand on the table or to leave the room.]
[The door is cracked open. He can see some shadow of something moving outside.]
[Which honestly makes him want to stay in here all the more.]
[This isn't what he wanted. This isn't the life he wanted... how is he supposed to be content, to live, like this?]
...
[He'll probably poke his head out eventually, but for the most part, he seems to be trying to scramble further into the corner, away from the shadow lurking on the other side of the door.]