Hi @bluelightbandit.
I have learned.
Specifically, just how important clarity of communication, is.
Might I suggest that: some birds are really different.
They’re not sheep and they’re not dogs. They are volunteers not easy targets.
Perhaps “yours” was merely giving you some space to decide if you were relieved by the void, indifferent, disappointed or angry.
Kind of feels like frustrated anger to me, by your choice of descriptive labeling, so further clarification is needed.