Or clockwork, in another tongue. [Definitely staring back at Hornet. It doesn't look like her face is seashell, really.]

I... made an attempt, but the wind caught at me. I could try again if I was wound, maybe, and had more energy to work with.

['Wound' like 'winding', not like 'wound'.

Vögelein's just not the strongest flier - she can hover well but fighting winds and rising too many stories in the air aren't what she was made for and tends to tire her out.]