About to pick up the bird and go, Xel glances back at the little noises. His heart twists at the sight. Is there anything he can do? Of course there is, the simplest thing in the world. It only needs a little tweaking.
Now, how to do this.
After a moment's closed-eyed thought and a long, centering breath, he lifts his hands to make the gestures, draws on the seed of the Sea within him, and returns to the language of his birth.
"Gift of a beloved Mother Shining like gold in the dark crevices of my peaceful soul,I call upon you-- I now invoke you!" He feels the warmth of the Sea bubbling to fill his soul, and basks in it for just a moment, smiling softly. Now the tricky bit. "Darkness beyond blackest pitch, Deeper than the deepest night, King of Darkness, who shines like gold upon the Sea of Chaos, I call upon you for one sworn to you." That's a bit of a stretch, really, but Cesare is a priest, he'd said, and even those sworn to the god of virtue ultimately serve the Parent of creation. He lays his hands on Cesare's face, cupping it gently, and goes on into the realms of invention. At least if this doesn't work he's unlikely to get much of a backlash from it, although you can never tell for really sure with Chaos magic. May the eyes of the soul Of the one before me Be opened to You as You walk with him, That he may feel Your love And know it true." He bends over to press his lips to Cesare's face, between his eyes, and murmurs quietly into the bone, "Astral Waken"
He picks up the bird and backs quietly out of the room to go hang it, as he now remembers Cesare preferred. He hopes this will help his friend feel less lonely--but, in honesty, he'll also be curious to see whether the man starts seeing the supernatural and magical around him.