Hawks lingers a bit away because listen, dead bodies? Yuck. But he's not actually going anywhere either. And at least this dude has a sense of humour about it. Hawks is skeeved out, but he's the same about making jokes.

"Well, I hope they fired that decorator," he answers right away. He inches a bit closer, wings fluffing in the cool air.

"You think this is related to that whole redemption shtick, or there's just like some pirate movie graveyard out there with shambling ocean skeletons?"