He wasn't privy to the communication- but the bird certainly looked annoyed at the question which just earned a faint chuckle from Stephen as he settled hands on his hips with a lift of a brow.

But then Sam was continuing so he withheld any commentary, attention shifting more to him at the moment.

"It sounds to me like whatever this is, it's not him, but you. I mean, if it was just your new friend here who was the source of it, you wouldn't be feeling all those other birds, right?" Usually anyways. It made sense to him, anyways.