[Koby frowns, turning towards the noise, shoulders tight, tense. He can empathize for the story, having read it and felt -- that it wasn't fair to the Minotaur, that he hadn't chosen to be like he was. Most of the myths had these sorts of setups, someone always treated poorly to even start the story.

Still -- he crosses his arms tightly over his chest, shoulders still scrunched up close to his ears, looking down the long, dark, misty length of the passage they're in. Having empathy doesn't mean he isn't cautious, isn't immediately planning for the worst possible outcome.]

Does he know who's a friend and who isn't, though? Or is he -- just angry and hurt enough to attack everyone? If it's really him, he's...people do terrible things when they're scared.