Flattery, and encouragement will get you everywhere.

"Oh, some people here have wings, not quite like yours, but similar- I've met a duck that talks and acts like a human, and my roommate is an owl." She's getting a lot better about now screaming when she sees something strange and unusual.

"Innit? Also, don't steal anything-- Not that I think you would, Valentino, of course- it's just they don't take kindly to it." She was lucky someone had warned her before her instincts took over. "There's no need anyway. Anything you could want, you can get easy as can be."