[ Macaque glances over at the chirping too, less dramatically but his gaze piercing for one second only before softening. It's an attempt to exert some control over a situation that has to be confusing, to give her some comfort, to use what clearly works. Macaque can understand that. And this kid might be a visitor, and Choco knows him and they have some bond clearly, and it's a rough situation all around and probably this kid has no idea what he just did, so Macaque won't be making a thing of it. ]
[ If the kid sticks around, or makes a habit of chirping like that? Macaque is absolutely going to tell him to Not. What he just did, inadvertently, was steal something intimate and personal for his own use, and he did so without even asking. ]
[ But things are as they are so he keeps his tongue behind his teeth and just holds Choco until she's ready to move. ]
Re: THE CITY ...
[ If the kid sticks around, or makes a habit of chirping like that? Macaque is absolutely going to tell him to Not. What he just did, inadvertently, was steal something intimate and personal for his own use, and he did so without even asking. ]
[ But things are as they are so he keeps his tongue behind his teeth and just holds Choco until she's ready to move. ]