Forced to change back into human form to communicate, Allen gave an awkward laugh and tried to persuade everyone. "I think, given my current relationship with it, there's no need to take the next step."
"That wasn't how it acted just now." Owen smiled, yet shook his head repeatedly in refusal. "Your relationship isn't there yet, Allen. Don't hesitate. Mere familiarity and books aren't enough."
Xenophilius Lovegood glanced at his darling daughter's eager expression, then touched his prosthetic little finger and fixed his slightly cross-eyed gaze on Allen. "Owen is right!"
"Give me a little more time. It'll become closer to me." Allen was still trying to resist fate's mockery.
"Oh, I'm afraid not, my son. Yesterday, I made time to have Hermione explain the materials you left in the library, and I also asked your aunt Josephine to consult those subordinates of hers who manage birds. Doing this can only make the Phoenix familiar with you, and relatively closer to you than to others, but once it's given freedom, it won't stay by your side for long." Owen spoke with absolute conviction, even pulling his sister Josephine over in an attempt to prove the correctness of his argument. "You can only use the avian courtship method and become its lifelong mate. That way, nothing can separate you."
Under Allen's gaze, Hermione nodded helplessly, confirming that this was indeed the case.
"Mom, you should all go out first." Allen turned his head and looked pleadingly at his mother. "Your man's running wild. You really need to rein him in..."
"I actually want to watch too." Morgan le Fay, who had always supported her son, now smiled until her eyes curved. Owen wore an expression that said he had known she would react this way, clearly having prepared before coming here