"Just by talking to them? Is that actually how it works--" When the animals actually look at Curufin, though, Reigen goes silent. They're listening to him, ok, that makes things easier.

"Yeah! Just listen to the nice elf man, we're here to help! Right this way!" He gestures towards the cliff path as if the chickens are going to understand him, before turning to Curufin looking baffled but also impressed. "What did you do?! Are you hypnotizing them or something?"