“♪————...”

“H-Huh?!
Who's there...?!”

“N-No, stay away...!”

This doesn't feel like the right way to go...

(I wanna say that I've captured her fear of humans pretty well...)

(But I'm not really moving like a cowardly canary yet...)

(Which I need to fix. I have to get a better grasp of my character before we start practicing the scenes with her...!)

I should try searching for more canary videos again...

No, these are all about their calls...

I wanna see a video that shows their wary and standoffish nature, and how they fly away... But I'm struggling to find any.

(As much as I want to watch a real canary and learn how to act like one, I don't have that kind of time...)

(So, I should probably try watching the birds around me and figure out how to...)

Chirp, chirp!

Huh? A sparrow...?
Oh, it's on that tree branch...

(Oh, I can take a video of it flying.
I'll just turn my camera on and...)

(Okay, approach it...slowly...)

(Hm...? It's at full zoom...
But it's still tiny... I'll try getting closer and...)

...!

Oh no...

*Sigh*
It flew away...
We even made eye contact.

How did my video turn out? Oh, it's totally out of focus...

But that situation just now was really similar to the scene when Rio meets the canary. If I try a little harder, I might be able to take a better video...

Okay, let's give it a try...!

I spent a lot of yesterday trying to take better videos of sparrows...

But you couldn't?

Nope... My hope was to sort of do what you did with those ducks, Emu. But things didn't work out for me...

So, I was wondering if you could show me how to act more like the animal I'm trying to play without scaring them...

Sure, I'll be more than happy to help!
Easy peasy lemon cheesy♪

Hehe. Thanks.
But you probably meant “squeezy” not “cheesy”, right?

Hehe. Hey, look, a sparrow!
I'll try talking to it♪

Wait, lemme get my phone ready...
Okay, go for it!

(How Emu acts should also help me a lot. I need to watch them both closely...)

Chirp... Chirp, chirp.

Chirp...?

(The sparrow's looking at Emu...!)

Chirp, chirp-chirp, chirp♪

(Wait, Emu's sort of keeping her distance...)

(Is she doing that to give it a chance to not feel scared and become more comfortable with her...?)

Ch-Chirp...!

(Oh, it just took a step towards her...!)

Hehe. The way you hop with each step is so cute☆ Lemme try! Hop-hop♪

Chirp?!

Oh no! I'm sorry! Did that scare you?

Chirp...

Oh, it flew away...

Sorry, Nene...
I tried...

No, that was really helpful!

You made some good points about how it walks and stuff. Plus, I captured the moment it decided to fly away.

So, Emu, thank you very much!

Really?! Thank goodness!

So, um... If you don't mind...

I wanna try practicing what I just saw...
Would you mind watching what I do for a bit?

Of course☆ Oh, then!
Nene, would you mind listening to me sing? I'm kinda worried about how I sound right now...

Yeah, sure.

Yay! That means we get to teach each other!