This was an awful idea. They should leave some breadcrumbs or tell someone where they were going. Where WERE they going? He should have carried more than biscuits and his wand.

Oh.

I have a sword, he realized belatedly. Well, maybe keep that hidden for now, an ace up their sleeve for later.

"I don't think we should make assumptions either way," he offered uneasily, trying to be reasonable as he followed Isabel and Eleven into the darkness. He couldn't very well let the young sweethearts go alone. "Just because the portal is dark and the creature is...questionable in form, and did not seem keen on Eleven's company, doesn't mean it has evil intentions."