Hushsound honestly hadn't meant to come off as so fearful around Eirny. It had mostly just been involuntary things that had revealed just how frightened he was of her massive form, like the way that his eyes flicked rapidly over her huge form, and the way that he shifted and leaned away from her when her huge presence was around. He didn't mean to be rude to Eirny or anything, it was just kinda a reflex when there was something huge and kinda scary nearby. He used to do it with Goldie as well, since she was such a big feline compared to him, but things had changed once he had gotten to know her a bit better, just as they would probably change when he got to know Eirmy better as well. When Eirny reached out to him with telepathy while he was sitting near the tavern, Hush looked up in surprise, and glanced around in confusion before he slotted the large Thunderbird. He couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, before he trotted over to where Eirny was, just a little bit away from her. He reached a claw out to scratch into the ground, still feeling a little awkward that he wasn't able to talk to her out loud, or talk to her with her own odd mind magic – since he didn't really know what telepathy was yet, "I HAVE PLENTY TIME TO SPEAK WITH YOU, MISS EIRNY. WHAT IS IT?"

When Eirny relaxed and spoke again in Hush's mind, Hush was less startled than the first time, but still tensed slightly, his eyes widening the faintest bit. He wasn't used to others speaking in his head, and it made it slightly hard to focus on the actual words, but he got the general vibe of her message, and he felt a faint frown come to his muzzle. He hadn't meant to give the impression that he disliked Eirny or was frightened by her, but it seemed that he had unintentionally. Sure, her form was pretty frightening to him, but that didn't mean that she seemed like she was going to hurt him or anything. She was just so... huge, and her form was such a crazy departure fro anything else that the small feline had ever seen before. He could definitely understand her own thoughts of being afraid to do things, however. He too was often too afraid to speak, too ashamed of his own voice. They had different reasonings for the things that they did, but they did share some traits that put Hush slightly at ease. Nodding as Eirny said she wanted to get to know him, he scuffed out his old words and carefully wrote new ones, "I WOULDN'T MIND GETTING TO KNOW YOU, EIRNY. I'M SORRY IF I GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS AFRAID OF YOU. I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN A BIRD LIKE YOU BEFORE... HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY?"