Pinion stepped forward, excited and encouraged by this turn in the conversation. "Why don't we work together? I'm sure if we cooperate we can-"

But the stork was laughing. Not a joyous laugh but an incredulous one, and Pinion stopped talking to let te stork articulate itself more clearly. "There's no way I'm working with you!"

A bitch-slap from a marabou stork? Rather you than me! How do you want Pinion to respond?