Drinking coffee through a straw was hardly optimal, but sometimes one had to make do. He accepted it (with really surprisingly long talon-fingers, there's something else to get all weirded out about), plunked it into the coffee, and sipped very carefully.

"He will probably need the napkins more than I would...." It seemed that the political situation was tense between the bug people and the bird people. Or maybe Jack was just being kind of an ass.