And Marco lands between the two of them -- well, okay, not exactly, more like next to them and then wedges himself between them -- and sets Toby on Grell's side because Toby is a Grell pacifier. This is fact. He's got his back to Espio, but that's not so much because he's turned his back on him as that he literally trusts Espio even with his back.

"Kitten, calm down, eh? He probably didn't know that Toby remembers us! Espio, Toby's still Toby, he remembers."