...I think they're smart enough to understand what we're saying.

[ just. maybe move on from the chicken comparisons, natsumi? as to "thinking", it's just chiaki's typical vagueness, and since most people don't call her on it she's momentarily stymied. ]

Hm...well, I can't say for sure, but it seems like they're pretty friendly, right? So...it's not a definitive sort of thing, even though it seems pretty definitive? I guess that's how it is...