Considering the riot of color Steven and his motley crew are, Childermass his turning his head to eye them all even before Steven says anything. He makes a low croaking sound, the sort a crow (and not a frog) makes, but before he can do much else—

"Craw!"

There's a bright pink mantis smacking him in the face? Seriously? He makes an offended noise, feathers bristling as he draws back, then lurches forward again to swat Bud away with a wing, from wherever she ended up landing after the karate chop. It's not meant to be much of a blow, but dang, that's annoying.