[ Ah—Eustace tips his head an inch, eyeing the careful movement of hand to ear and then to a loose area above and beyond their heads. ]
The birds?
[ Listening to them? Birdsong can be soothing on a calm day, but he can't say he's paid much attention the birds now, save for noting their silence whenever their guards make too much of a fuss. Maybe they're a tether to normalcy in a very abnormal situation, or maybe... ]
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The birds?
[ Listening to them? Birdsong can be soothing on a calm day, but he can't say he's paid much attention the birds now, save for noting their silence whenever their guards make too much of a fuss. Maybe they're a tether to normalcy in a very abnormal situation, or maybe... ]
Did you live near a forest, before?
[ Before all this. ]