[As much as it's less "the usual smug" and more that he's sort of ... teetering into a special sanity place? There is one of those predatory smiiiiles creeping across his face. The ones that make you wonder if maybe he's the killer after all.]

Oh, I'm sure it'll all make sense soon enough. Still, might want to mind your own reactions; I've heard blackbirds can smell fear, and the ones here seem most unpleasant.