Crowley is about to be amused at the whimsy of the bird's name, or maybe ask if he's an understudy professionally or just for the moment. Then V casually drops a lot of very interesting information that the demon has to work to keep sorted. He manages to hang on to about a quarter of it, which he thinks is very savvy of him under the circumstances.

"I'm starting to think this whole blessed castle is just a mess of people trying to out-protagonist each other. What kind of power are you working with, if you think you're going to mess with whole pantheons?"