[Of course he looks. Gilbert will probably feel the quality of Stein's gaze change, as if the doctor is looking through him, picking him apart like a specimen on a tray. It's a creepy, unsettling gaze.

The bird is a surprise, a unexpected interloper, and he'll ask about that, but at the same time, there are other aspects he picks up on.

He twists the screw in his head until it clicks.]

Basic personality traits, for one. You have a selfless, dedicated soul, easily flustered.

Abilities are something else that can be understood. [The bird, connected to the man's soul.]