Midorima is no stranger to carrying around strange things and is surprisingly unsqueamish about it, having caught a live frog once before his team insisted that live animals were not allowed anymore. Still, it's strange to go from just noticing Kuroko to just noticing Kuroko has a rat in his hands.

"Where did you get that?"

He's not answering the question of whether or not he'd be able to assist. He's genuinely not sure yet. He hasn't had time to study, and his form of magic is going to require a lot of it, he thinks.