[ what just... happened. he has enough confidence in his own abilities that he knows he'd aimed the bird right at her but...

oh hell, lucky dodge. stares at her suspiciously... this girl looks pretty wild, now that he's actually paying attention. ] No, I don't need help. It got in a lucky bite and I didn't want to blow it apart. You think I can't handle those stupid things? [ because he totally wasn't suffering when he got cocky at all. ]