The thing about Defence Against the Dark Arts was that it had a tendency to focus on the negatives, because it was all about... what to do if you were attacked and that. So negative. Toby actually knew for sure that the likelihood of something like that ever happen in real life was like 0.0000000000000001%. The only danger in the world came from ICE CREAM, okay?

STILL, Toby was a pro at finding the positives in a situation. Like that he'd managed to get an O in his DADA OWL a couple years back by mostly blowing up the obstacles in the practical. That grade had been a wonderful surprise, and so Toby could continue to make positive associations with the class.

"Hey, Professor Dakest."

He entered the classroom and took a seat on the floor. At first he watched the patronus frolic around, mildly amused, but after a moment or two he started to wonder if this was maybe a hint as to what was coming today. Were they going to be learning patronuses? Toby chewed at the inside of his lip but otherwise kept a straight face, though he was a little worried. He didn't want to try and cast one, for reasons.

But maybe it wouldn't be that. 'Cause that was like super ADVANCED magic, right? Nah. Toby was just jumping to conclusions. And how would that explain the weird maze thing? So he relaxed a little, and continued to watch the silvery otter. Thinking about GOOD THINGS. One good thing being that the guy's patronus was suuuuuuuper cute, okay.