[The glare just makes him smirk more]

They are- it seems all animals here are, in fact. The people here use them for... honestly anything they can think of. Companions, protectors, workers. I am still unsure if they eat them, but I haven't seen even fish that they could use as meat sources otherwise.

[The birds laugh again but this time at him instead of Loki, and Hubert glares at them]