[ Being thought of as strange was better than being too normal anyway, though if asked he might have preferred to be thought of as dangerous or even mysterious. ]

You have never seen a Hitchcock?? Never?

[ He shot a glance towards the birds circling them in the sky above. ]

What are they teaching kids these days... The Birds! It's a famous movie about a flock of birds that goes crazy and starts attacking people in a small town. Crows, seagulls, starlings... birds can be vicious when they go rogue.