[looking up at the screens with a little frown, nodding.]

That'd be my guess, yeah. Makes more sense than any of the other places.

[also porridge is here and comes over to say hello to todomatsu!! by which i mean he gently paws at his shoe to demand attention.]

I guess it could also be somewhere we haven't seen yet, and this could just be a central hub or...

[ trails off as he feels something pawing at his foot and looks down to see a dragon..... ]

...Um, this is yours, right?

We'll find out, I guess.

[when they have their first hateful trial... he nods, though, brightening up a little.]

Yeah, that's Porridge! You can pet him if you want, but I can grab him if you want a little space.

Ah... No, it's fine, don't worry about it.

[ he's sort of ambivalent because he's not actually a big animal person in general even if he pretends otherwise sometimes... but also pickles turned out to be awesome and this is another animal with a food name starting with P so maybe he should be open minded

tentatively reaches to pat his head... is he scaly... ]

[he is scaly!! and he gives a happy chirping noise as he gets pet. meanwhile:]

I think he likes you.