Kakashi was honestly just.. unnerved by birds. He wouldn't admit it, even to himself, but even the little clicking of the tiny talons that were not at all threatening were setting him vaguely on edge... even more so when their owner turned to give him a look with those large orange eyes. Ugh.

"True," he muttered, then shifted his attention to Sasuke, a much more comforting thing to focus on rather than the sinister presence of the bird... and... something he should have been focusing on from the beginning. Ah damn, why was he so bad at this? Probably half the reason he'd never gelled enough with a team of his own to keep anyone secure.

"But in the mean time," he continued without taking a beat of a pause, with an air entirely the opposite of a man who'd just had a guilty emotional epiphany. "Make yourself at home; let's get that hangover cured, hm?"