"Of course it fucking scared me! You just summoned some crows out of nowhere, what did you do, watch too much Hitchcock?" Certainly seemed that way. Edward kept himself very, very close to Jonathan, not because he wanted to come on to him, but because he so was not facing those crows alone. "Crows are very intelligent. I've read about that. It's interesting, because it's making scientists think differently about brain functions..."

And, no, he didn't want to hold the bird, for a variety of reasons, but he was fascinated. "Her name is Ichabod? Of course you'd like Sleepy Hollow."