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Harry is at a table with a few bunsen burners and some vials that make it look like a science project cooking but he's holding some ripped up pieces of paper above one of the beakers and staring a cock with fancy plumage that is looking back at him and speaking with a french accent.

"Bonjour Monsieur Wizard, where is your lady, feminine, female, girl, le cluck?"

The wizard blinks once and looks slowly around as though trying to find someone throwing their voice.

"Did you just speak in a Pepe Le Pew voice?"

"Intimacy is difficult at this range."

"Scuse me?"

"You must call her Monsieur. Pick up le telephone, speak sweet nothings, a touching gesture, no? You must break the ice, begin your courtship..."

The bird continues to talk and Dresden's face twitches a little.

And then he bursts into laughter. Because come on. It's talking like a cartoon character. In the background the bird is flapping it's wings in excitement, it's descriptions of what Harry should do becoming more personal and the device clicks off.

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I think it's a boy bird. I'm calling him Pepe.

It is le belle fille je fais mes devoirs à ce moment-ci. You must go to her Monsieur, make love to her, discover what makes her-

[His fingers snap up to close the beak] I said PG13 Pepe.

Not the bird, the girl he wants you to....

Well.

I don't think he's real picky actually.

[The bird is describing things in the background intersprinkled with flapping as Harry tries to shut it's beak]

Yeah.