"You're joking, but now that you mention it I'm actually surprised nobody's tried that one in a while. People have been doing weirder things to pass the time here. Pretty sure there's still an art gallery sitting around somewhere on--"

Philip flinches. Probably wouldn't have from the sound alone, but that sort of surprise is a chain reaction. And actually- surprise, that's the key, he almost didn't expect to see or hear anything. Huh.

"Huh." He looks around warily, trying to figure out exactly where that just came from. And if something else is about to come at them from the same direction. "Somehow I've got a hard time believing that that was owls. Even musical ones."