Good thing he is not from her world then, huh? Though he is not sure how he feels about a universe that pulls kids in and away from their families like this.

"Nah, s'old Japanese lore didn't know the shit was real till I saw this pile of bones." He jerks his thumb towards his familiar, still not a hundred percent sure how to communicate with it, since it is still just doing the staring thing.

"Samatoki, that the thing you're supposed to get your magic from?" He gestures with a lift of his chin towards Bandersnatch. It doesn't look like any creature he's seen before.