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It was unbelievably cramped and the flickering light was making Toby nervous, he avoided telling the others about his claustrophobia and wanted to avoid doing so, but it may be obvious to tell with the expression on his face. The sight of the two cute baby dragons calmed him though, even though they were tied up and looked rather upset. Sitting still and tied up in a dirty basement with nothing to do and the ugly room verging on the edge of darkness, this was without a doubt the most uncomfortable he had been since arriving to Nowhere. Niran being with him would have made everything bearable, by now he can certainly call him a friend, but the situation was kind of...awkward. 

When Toby met Ise she was able to save him and Niran from the clock monster they encountered. They probably would have been time bait if not for her arrival, she was definitely strong, even more so when he found out she was only a trainee. But the witch provoked a response in Ise from what Toby could tell and he wasn't sure how afraid he should be at the moment. He was more scared of the light going out than the witch herself and didn't want to make Ise upset by having a lighthearted conversation with Ran in such a potentially dire situation, no matter how boring sitting in a basement may be. He and Ran had managed pretty well so far, things ought to turn out well, even if they didn't seem like they would. 

"It could be a big rainstorm, or something? Does it rain a lot around here, or ever?" Toby gladly cooperated with the others as they sat in their teamwork huddle, backs against one another trying to cut eachother free. He couldn't help but think of running around in plains of grass or swimming in the ocean, large and open spaces where he wouldn't feel restrained, it sounded like bliss. His knees were sore from the awkward position he was forced to sit in and his messy hair had somehow gotten messier because it was now covering half of his eyes and there was nothing he could do about it. He pondered singing the Japanese song Ran had taught him, or, at least tried to teach. Maybe it'd lighten the mood. 

"Geez, no pressure" Toby muttered in remark to having his wrist slit. Even so he was glad Ise was with them, no doubt they wouldn't have thought of anything so clever. He didn't even have a weapon, and was pretty sure Ran didn't either. Or maybe Ran did, who knows. "I'm getting kinda hungry," Mumbling to himself Toby eyed the cloud dragon, his famished brain couldn't help but wonder what it tasted like. Probably like a marshmallow. He looked around for a second, embarrassed the thought crossed his mind, as if the others could hear him think. 

"Stay?! Don't stay here, this place is gross!" Toby protested and jumped as he did so, surprised at Ise's command. As a result he sort of messed up the cutting motion of the knife and stalled the trio's progress. "The noises and stuff could just be the witch doing some [i]weird[/i] experiment, y'know? Or maybe an earthquake, or maybe something fell or whatever. It would be wrong for me and Ran to leave you here, right Ran?" 

The thought of leaving Ise in a place like this made Toby uncomfortable. He didn't care what some ugly (and probably smelly) witch was going to do, plus it was three against one. Granted, Toby didn't have much fighting experience, but how hard could beating up an old hag be? He only hoped Ran felt the same way.