No, had we not had someone who could use a hawk shape, I would have had to become a barn owl and risk being mobbed by crows, as well as a target for falcons who happen to be hungry enough to take on an owl during the daylight hours.

[And now he'll address Eiji's question.]

Oh, we'll go in through the front door. The two of us are going to pretend that we're interested in applying to the university after we graduate high school, and that we've decided to take a tour of the campus. Ankh is our aerial support. If he spies trouble, then we'll have to rely on him to warn us somehow.