I cannot speak to how Ikol was as a bird, as I was not there to witness it. But it seems to me, he had a rather simplistic view of things.

[ She wishes they were having this conversation in person, rather than over the distance of a phone connection, so that she may take her littlest brother in her arms and hug him. He is trouble, of course he is, but he is also innocent and she worries that his heart may be broken someday. ]

Love is many things, but never simple. It takes many forms, which is something you, as Loki, should know well.