My prediction is that he is not the one that put the spikes into the bird, but loves the bird and someone very sociopath (who enjoys seeing the things that the guy likes to suffer) is doing it—bc nailing a pet bird does not read as sadism to me, it reads as disturbed and I doubt the tone of the story will set him up to be that kind of person. I believe he is afraid that by liking someone (like he did the bird) that that a third party person will by extension cause harm to them just to screw with him or torture his emotions, or to punish him. I will say if it was a dog or cat and not a bird, y’all would be putting out hit contracts on him, so it’s likely he’s not the torturer of the bird either way
My prediction is that he is not the one that put the spikes into the bird, but loves the bird and someone very sociopath (who enjoys seeing the things that the guy likes to suffer) is doing it—bc nailing a pet bird does not read as sadism to me, it reads as disturbed and I doubt the tone of the story will set him up to be that kind of person. I believe he is afraid that by liking someone (like he did the bird) that that a third party person will by extension cause harm to them just to screw with him or torture his emotions, or to punish him. I will say if it was a dog or cat and not a bird, y’all would be putting out hit contracts on him, so it’s likely he’s not the torturer of the bird either way