Make no more silly assertions and blunders, and that shall be your permanent guarantee.

[At that, Taka seems to have had enough fuss, and takes wing again to one of his perches on the other side of the room.]

Still, his behaviour just then was a sign he trusts you. He's wary around those he considers strangers. [...Not that he should need to tell her, given she can read animals almost as well as humans.]