[ Lectures can wait, and his being okay is conveyed through a short nod of his head as he picks up his pace and hurries on ahead, feeling the rat bore holes into his back with its stare.

It's just a rat. ...Maybe not just a rat, but a rat, and he picks his brain trying to think what they can do about this. ]

If there's one rat, there'll be more. They're generally afraid of people, though... Maybe we just have to be loud and make our presence known. A warning to stay away.

[ Being loud is Ishida's thing. Minato will let him handle this, maybe do that laugh again. ]