They looked like fried soybeans, fried soybeans..! B-Besides, the barista gave them to me in a cute bag...

[She trails off, eagerly jumping at the less embarrassing of conversation points.] Oh!~ That's easy! After all, [she announces, drawing a swirl of feathers and pixelated light over herself to change form,] Our magic still works here!~

[Granted she looks at least slightly more local a bird, odd markings and black feathers aside, but there they are, hummingbird companion.]