"Why doesn't your parrot have feathers?"

"What, Figaro? He plucked them all out of himself."

"He plucked out his own feathers?! Have you taken him to a vet?"

"Several, yeah. They said he was fine."

"Birds don't normally do that, though!"

"Figaro does, when he's hungry. I caught him just staring at me once while I was eating, and then he started to slowly pluck them out. It was strange, I'll be honest."

"Your bird did a strip-tease for you?!"

"Well, it was more of a burlesque dance. There was some good music with it, too."