"No for the Darkwalker, possibly for Canada, probably not for magic, no for that non-humans that can speak."

And then, like a shit, Hickey pauses and muses, "Except for parrots, of course."

This bloke does not look human. Those ears, for one, people don't have ears like that. So it's entirely possible that whoever this guy is, he comes from a radically different world than Hickey—a world that might not have parrots.

And if that's the case, Hickey will absolutely fuck with him.