He tries to intercept the insistent goose, because he knows how Annie can be about noise when she's in a delicate state, and she hasn't said anything about any of the questions showing up in the fountain again raises, hasn't spoken since he'd first seen her. So, in his role of protector -- that was why he'd moved to walk in front of her after all -- he steps between Annie and the goose, but East takes it as an opportunity to pull at his clothes first, before moving on to Annie's, apparently willing to share her indignation equally.

Hearing Annie speak makes his heart thump in a wild sort of relief, letting go of a little of the tension that's been his consistent companion since he pulled himself out of the fountain and realized where it looked like he was. Her animal's distress has brought Annie out of herself just enough that she can walk side by side with Finnick over to the birds' pen instead of shadowing him. The goose walks with thme, apparently soothed enough by Annie's attention to stop protesting quite so loudly.

Finnick scans over the heads of the rest of the birds, counting quickly.

"Eight geese and ..." His words pause as he looks a little further into the pen, until he spots Star the peahen sitting on a tree stump. "Four peacocks. That's everyone."

"Hey, heyyyy," he calls out to the cranky birds, raising his voice a little despite Annie, in the hopes it might help get them to be a little quieter.

"Maybe they need water."