That made him laugh. "Is that so fantastic, given what you must have seen in this world? And here I thought you orientals were the mystics. Then again, I've seen the Japanese statistics. Grim stuff." Comedic relief to take his mind off of whatever fate awaited those who couldn't handle this strange material.

"That was...very brave of her. Shouldn't be surprised, given my last experience with her character. Why didn't she? Do anything, I mean." That raised his confidence, at any rate. She was petite and mousy; Ted could definitely handle it, or so he thought. Besides, he was Guardian of Everglade. If that didn't toughen him up for whatever weirdness she had in store, nothing would. But then Ted is the confident sort; not so much in himself as the world in general. Things going wrong simply didn't come into it.