[It isn't that Neil doesn't want to spend time with Todd-- this is just a rare and interesting opportunity, he couldn't help but take advantage of it. Still, when he spots his friend walking the boy-turned-bird is glad to see him; a fact he expresses as dramatically as possible, literally falling out of the clear blue sky to circle his head a few times before fluttering to a stop on Todd's shoulder. With an excited little trill he tugs lightly on a few strands of the other boy's hair with his beak.]
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