bonus;

[He's not exactly what anyone would call happy, cheerful, or energetic, but he's apparently content enough for a skeleton bug to chew on his hair. Both his happiness and anguish, tied up together in an embrace, are mostly calm and composed, but it seems that his "happiness" won out to the point that it can be picked up by these creatures. For now.]

Birds such as those? I've a different kind of creature following me instead.

[He casually points to the bug chewing his hair and possibly making a nest in it.]