Russell would need to be convinced it's a good idea, at this point. He's still too easily spooked by the possibility of dangerous consequences, bad dreams or no
I'm still trying to figure out how the heck to dive in but Torin would try to talk to it if he thought it was a giant prehistoric mouse because he's just Like That
he's literally only got two echoes and one of them is fighting a giant building-sized monster while in a giant sentient dinosaur robot and while wearing spandex (all in Japanese, which he does not currently speak)
Thom needs to talk to him sometime. One of his few memories is helping a dinosaur and a bunny with guns for hands fight an enormous chicken, while everyone was speaking Japanese which he can't understand
no Torin that thing is huge and poking it with a sword is even worse than just touching it with a hand. because the sword might hurt it and make it mad or afraid :|
what's common senseonce he echoes back the sword anyway