Relaxing his grip from the collar of his robes, the Slytherin lad started to breathe a sigh of relief when the young Gryffindor mentioned something about a phoenix. "Guess thats not so bad--" wait, did she just say vultures? Hand goes back to his collar and eyes started to dart for the door. He wanted to just pick up Kurumi and run!

Then she started to explain a bit more about these creatures-- shy, misunderstood, harbinger of death?... Salander glanced worriedly up the nests above his head, for while staying rooted at the spot. His feet wanted to make a bolt of the door but his heart tells him to stay. Well darnit if Kurumi's gonna be hanging around here with a bunch of death birds he couldnt bear to just leave her behind, no matter how harmless she said they were.

"Huh... well, lets keep our distance from their food now, wouldnt that be a nice thing to do, make them a little less self-conscious?..." not to mention they wouldnt be confused between having to choose between live meat and dead bugs.

He looked around for a moment and grabbed a couple of large crates, motioning to Kurumi where they could hide behind.