Joseph also flinches at the Scary Face, instinctively moving his hands up into a martial arts stance. But he lowers them a moment later, and tentatively hops back down to the floor.

"What the hell is that thing?"

He doesn't really sound afraid, more-so genuinely curious, and he raps his knuckles against Orrery's face as though she's a machine and not... a creature.

Rush, meanwhile, has sat up, just so he can sniff the Skitty that's hidden behind him. It looks like he's fully uninterested in any danger his owner might be stumbling into - although he is keeping an ear out, in case anything serious happens.