And Kotetsu greatly appreciates the reassurance of continued support from Toshi, because his answer makes his stomach roil with dread. It's not an unexpected answer, of course. Logically, he knows that Toshi probably would have told him right away if he'd seen Barnaby. That doesn't make it a good answer to hear.

Okay. Okay focus, Kotetsu. Barnaby has to be around here somewhere. Unless he's not, unless he's gone from this place, but...no, Kotetsu won't let himself believe that. Not yet. He can't.

Barnaby has to be around here somewhere. Probably trying to cope alone like the idiot that he is. They need to find him. Better that they try to find him together.

He squeezes Toshi's hand in a gesture of appreciation, even as Kotetsu looks up and then back down the hallway. "Want to help me look for him?"