Patrick would indeed take that as a yes. He blinked for a minute and regarded the owl. This was one of the more surreal moments in his life, but he could work with this. No problem. "Well, considering you're, well, literally a night owl, I feel a little bad for waking you up in the middle of the day."

Really, it seemed kind of impolite of him. Not that he'd known. Or had ever even thought to guess.