he is talking to a literal bird

the upside of a long period of not playing: I can really feel Japanese lessons paying off

I am not skilled enough yet to play Three Houses entirely in Japanese, but I've become much better in detecting the typical localizer bullshit and then deciphering what was actually there either by ear or by visiting the Three Houses datamine website

and Petra is steadily solidifying her best waifu position, too, because her thing is simplified speech of a foreigner, her speech is indeed simple, full of desu/masu!