Toby was uncomfortable. In a figurative sense, of course. He wasn't sure he liked seeing this side of Professor Cassie. Even though he knew it was just because she was worried about Bob, it unnerved the Hufflepuff to see usually happy and upbeat and positive people do a sudden turnabout in attitude and get all weird. It was sort of borderline scary, if only just because of how unexpected it had been in this case. But then, Toby was quite a dramatic little Hufflepuff.

He went on watching, mostly sitting there quietly, but he'd also started to think of a question he might be able to ask each of the students that would lead to proving their innocence, rather than their guilt. He was originally sure that someone had just borrowed Bob and was now scared into silence, but everyone was very adamant that they'd not taken him, and Toby believed them all.

Think think think. Toby racked his brains, but he couldn't think of a single question he could ask that might help. Finally he sat up again and looked at the professor. "Can't you just ask them to empty their bags and pockets?" he suggested, his face somewhere between anxious and hopeful. "Everyone could do that too, y'know?" This trial set-up was making him antsy, and Toby was willing to suggest anything to end it. It did not occur to him that anyone in this room might have something to hide at all. "Hey, perhaps whoever borrowed him is invisible?" Wasn't there a spell for that? To reveal people? Was there a spell for revealing turtles, too? Would ACCIO work, if he was still in the room? "Perhaps it was Peeves?"

Perhaps they could all go back to being happy and trusting each other?

... Toby went back to slumping on his desk and watching the trial thing. What time was it? Could they go soon? Would they be ALLOWED to go if Bob didn't turn up?

Poor Bob. What if he was alone and scared? Toby tried to communicate to him telepathically that everything was okay, quite convinced he was getting through to him.