He likes Rex's accent, and he's very surprised to hear him speak in Japanese. It at least gets Toki to focus more, though he doesn't recognize it as something Rex may be learning because of him. There were several Japanese students after all. Though now, subconsciously Toki's moved Bulgarian up on his list of languages to learn. It's now after English, with Spanish bumped down to #3. Sorry, Hector.

"Yes! Back to the experiment!"

He grabs something at random, just to keep moving on. It's a dagger or a letter opener, something sharp and shiny. He sets it next to the melted statue.