Brendan was blown into shock by the sudden transformation. He stood, staring at the firey bird for the longest time, mouth slack, and only managed a few blinks.<em>"Well.... I guess... appearances can be deceiving..."</em>he thought while he remained motionless and wordless for the longest of times.<br/><br/>Seemingly hours later, though only a few minutes had passed, he responded to her in a robotic sort of way. "R-right... follow me..." He lead the way up the stairs numbly, not even thinking of the sort of effect that she would have on the others. Slowly opening the door that lead into the kitchen, he soon found himself staring at the bulk of his housemates. He gave a short wave and went on in that same robotic voice, "Oh, Hi guys....  Don't mind me..." He blinked and thought of the phoenix and weakly lifted a hand to point in her direction. "And this is.... a bird..... Her name is.... I ... don't know...." The conundrom brought him a bit back to reality and he turned a confused look the bird's way.