He could hear it, perhaps better than anybody else ever could. The rattling, sliding sound of the scales, so out of place and unlike anything he'd heard before. He stiffened a bit, not sure what to expect, not sure what was going to happen. When nothing did happen, he frowned, his brow furrowing in confusion, and he relaxed some again.

He was still frowning, though. "What was that?" he asked, sounding somewhat apprehensive but not at all affronted or freaked out.