[Nikolai shifts his weight from one foot to the other, and then back. A carefully crafted image of antsy. Perhaps there's shred of truth to it this time though.]

I'm personally pretty fond of birds, buuut... I'm looking for something else! Ah, for someone else. Heck, let's just call it a placeholder memento since I won't be able to get a proper one because we're all a bunch of hostages here?!

[With a look of expectation he stares at Takemichi before cupping both hands to create roundish ears at the top of his own head. As if he wants him to guess--]

Like this.

[He does want him to guess!]