"Is good!" Shortfang said happily as he gave it to his mother, who seasoned it with some dried kept and sea salt, as well as mixing it with some more meat that she had prepared previously. There was no telling what meat that was. As Skinwalker was mixing up the meat Shortfang sat with the group and spoke somewhat quietly. "Shortfang know you no want eat rat. It is... Normal, for humie. For Kobold, eat rat is normal too. These... Little things. Make hard for humie and kobold to be at peace. Thing like... Shortfang mom and dad, not wife and husband. Kobold not do that. Kobold also no have home. Always go where safe, live there. Not like humies. Humies make city, stay forever. Kobold make home, go when home no safe. Go where safe. Sometimes, safe with humie, like here in Underhaven. Sometime..." Shortfang seemed sadden and said very quietly. "Sometime... Safe with monster. So kobold stay with, and help, monsters... Dragons... Bad, strong people." He sighed as he looked to you in particular. "That's why Shortfang no stay home. Shortfang want to be strong, so he not work with bad people. But sometime Shortfang... Shortfang stupid. Like at humie camp. Shortfang hunt for humie, say they give Shortfang shinies. One, big man, say he want to hunt. Tell Shortfang give him shiny spear, shield, other things. Says is his, needs for hunt, he help me. Shortfang... Stupid, so he help. Then, humie lady say Shortfang steal. He say not him, but they see him take, so they say Shortfang thief."

It seemed like Shortfang was talking about Garruk and how he ended up with that woman's spear, shield, and amulet. From what Shortfang was trying to explain, he [i]did[/i] actually take it, albeit under a misunderstanding. As Shortfang poked the fire with a stick he tried to continue on. "Point. The point Shortfang say this... So, mom say kobold who betray Swamp Dragon, he Grey Scale too. He... He says Kalmeet, Calamity Dragon, want help Swamp Dragons. Give them power, fight back trogs. Grey Scales say no, Kobold no serve dragon. But Grey Scale he... He took many warriors of tribe. They stronger now. With wings, and magic. They left tribe, so no one left to fight but Sewer Dragons and riders. Trog come, big war. Now..." Shortfang sighed. "Now Swamp Dragons think maybe they fight for Kalmeet. They need be stronger now. Shortfang... Shortfang don't want that. No want mom or tribe to fight for bad dragon. So... I dunno." He said in a defeated tone.

"We fight trog, maybe we win. But Tribe still weak... Humie hate kobolds... Too many trogs... What... What tribe do? What... What Shortfang do, for tribe?"