It's gone awful quiet out in the hallway.

No doubt. Cam gets the guy stabilized and strolls out to see what's up with the bird kids.

Some of them are in the process of tearing wires out of a section of partially-enrubbled wall.  The two non-emo-looking boys are clustered around one of the new doors and focusing on something they're doing with their hands.

"I realize that everyone you have ever met was incredibly untrustworthy except presumably one another but can I have any benefit of the doubt? And/or bribe you with candy?" He produces a bouquet of lollipops.

The bouquet of lollipops is distracting enough that almost all of them stop what they're doing to stare at them.

Though the redhead keeps working at the door.

He hands out lollipops to those who want them. They are caramel apple flavor. He eats the last one himself since that one kid is busy.

Chomp chomp chomp chomp.  "Do you have anything more?" asks the littlest one when she's halfway through hers.

"Sure, I'll take requests, what do you like?"

"Some beefburgers, and a pizza?"

Burgers and pizza.

- Yeah okay the redhead will also tuck in.

"If you get us outside right now," the oldest girl declares through a mouth full of burger, "we'll hang out out there and not go any further unless you pull something sketchy."

"Yeah, okay." He gets up. "I hope you understand that if you decide to take off before I'm convinced this won't get you kidnapped or killed, I will stop you, but that is my real criterion, if you know of a place you want to go."

"Uh-huh."  A third of the pizza and four of the burgers are totally gone.

He picks up the pizza box and heads out the way he came, presumably trailing bird kids.

Yeah.

The uninjured scientist follows along to work the elevator for them.  It's gonna be a real tight squeeze if they all want to fit but the kids show no signs of wanting to split up.

Squeezing it is. He holds the pizza above everybody's heads so it's not taking up any square footage and his wings fold up real small.

"Do you have further business here or are you leaving presently?"

"Was this your only unethical mad science on the premises?"

"Mostly, if you don't care about animals.  Is your invitation open to non-experimental-subject captives?"

Sigh. "How many?"

"One."

"Probably, then, what's their deal?"