It didn't help that Ariel was secretly feeding the budgies. He had hidden a feeder amongst the plants and kept it filled with seed. Only the budgies seemed to know it was there which was the whole point. Maybe he felt a little guilty after what he'd done to their fellows. He wasn't planning on talking about it any time soon.
He arched an eyebrow as Amadeus spun a tale of magic. Anyone else and he wouldn't have believed a word of it. Throw in Tremere magic? Yeah, he knew it was completely true. "Are hands of glory one use, then?" he asked, although it was clearly more 'thinking out loud' than actually needing to know. It wasn't like he was going to run into one. "This is going to be a peace offering - for Mab's partner." Two Gangrels, one city - they needed some kind of preemptive peace treaty. At least, in his mind they did.