If they fly away when they see hands, then testing it wouldn't be that hard. [His tone is a little petulant, but he at least doesn't push it past that. He does, however, take a few steps closer to one of the nearby ones...that also flies away as soon as he wriggles his fingers.

Shun looks kind of disappointed, but he supposes he already has one that's happy to be touched, so he turns his attention back to Shoulderbird and gives it a few light pats on the back.]

I still don't really get why you're so worried. They're all either nice or more scared of us than you are of them. [Notably excluding himself from the group of scared people there.]