"I'm not a runt!" Toboe's human illusion pouted, but it quickly faded when Tsume looked back at him. He cocked his head, waiting for his answer an wondering what made him look like that.

This time, Toboe heard the sound, though it seemed a bit faint. "Did you hear that, Tsume?" He almost blamed it on rats, but then he remembered that there weren't rats or other animals to make sounds like that in the city, save for that meerkat thing he had run in to once, but her voice was so loud it would have drowned out the weird noises.

Toboe tensed. Maybe it was just him, but something didn't...feel right. He looked back at Tsume, a worried look on his face.