Toby had chanced a look upwards at Professor Thompson, and then quickly away again. WELP, he was really on a roll at the moment, wasn't he? FIRST all that business in Charms, where he'd gotten that LOOK from Fuller, and now another LOOK from Thompson. And a honk from Lala. All totally deserved too.

"... Sorry."

He kept his attention on Lala, feeling guilty as he ran his fingers over her soft feathers. But Toby was generally very good at pretending like nothing was bothering him, had had a lot of practice after all, and channeled that right now. He listened along to the other two converse with a neutral enough expression, and spoke to Lala some more.

Goose cuddles always made him happy.

... Wait, that was a thought. A thought that had just randomly come to him.

"Does Lala wear shoes?"