"Skeksis look a bit like birds. They're tall as you, or taller, and they have talons and sort of...toothy beaks. The two that are here now are friends. They oppose the Emperor, so if you do meet them, you don't have to be afraid. Or angry."

Angry seems more like what's going on in his head, not fear.

"Little waterbirds...I haven't seen many water creatures. At least, not of the kind that live above the surface of the ground. There were fish and things in our underground rivers, but nothing like birds."