Retha laughs a little. She claims that's just a rumor, though they are very good friends. While she isn't being truthful, she seems to be playing coy rather than lying.

She says that's possible since Umber took a very important role by replacing Cassia. Umber was temporarily assigned Cassia's dressing room. Retha noticed it went untouched all day and evening. She was quite busy and didn't pay attention to this detail at first, but now that all these bizarre occurrences have come to light, she thinks it's important.

Firewing is a regular intelligent bird. Retha seems to be a genuine ventriloquist and isn't using magic when performing this part of the bit. If Jaskier is capable of communicating with birds or animals, he may try to "speak" to Firewing.