[Making friends through having zero dignity. Sounds legit. And also like it's going to keep happening with the way Niou yelps as one of the cats launches itself at his Gear, helpfully using his face as a springboard. After a brief tussle where the cats reassure themselves that no, they can't actually turn themselves into binary to get at the bird, Niou finally wins back the Gear to answer.]

Uh, sorry about that. But it's a bird, isn't it? Unless you're tryin' a new style of hat or something. You can probably coax it down with food. Or I could lend you one of these fuckers.

[The last word is said with obvious affection, but it still seems accurate, especially with how the cats are now curled up and acting like their previous bout of bird-induced violence never happened.]