What...? Phalanx can feel Robin tilt his head, just in the way his shoulders change.

"No, not--" Oh, but then he gets it in a startled second, and a real laugh shivers through him as he quickly tries to explain it better, "Not birds, I have people. Some people, sometimes."

At least, he thinks so. Sometimes he thinks they aren't real, though. Maybe sometimes they aren't real. Ah, now he's starting to sound just like his new friend.