He kind of jumps at the sight of the birds; he can't put his finger on it but they remind him of something unsettling.....

Focusing on the matter at hand, Neku's first instinct, as usual, is to be as prickly as possible and blow off the conversation, but considering they both just mutually saved each other's asses......

Tugging nervously at a lock of hair, he mutters: "Neku. Neku Sakuraba."