[Robin reaches behind his head, pulling Marian out from the hood of his cloak. It's her second favorite place to sleep, and she voices her displeasure at being awoken with a rude squawk.]

I sure hope "genuine laughter" is flexible enough to include this sort of thing.

[While the laughter will be genuine, it'll have come about as a result of being forced...]

...I never did answer your question, huh? About the birds.

[This is going to kill him to talk about, but he might as well give it a shot before siccing Marian on somebody.]

You were right, it was a Bishop and animals thing. I, uh...accidentally attracted an entire flock of birds. Robins, actually.

[Whether or not he continues this story depends entirely on how amused Hakuno is.]