The Tout

Both Dumby and Flamy were far too big to take the stairs.

Gao Peng led the rest of his familiars up the stairs, leaving those two beneath him.

A couple of heads poked out from the top of the stairs, curiously observing Dumby.

Dumby naturally noticed the little pipsqueaks taking a peek at it in the distance. However, it didn't pay them any mind.

"That's a walking skeleton," muttered one of them.

"It's a monster," one of his friends corrected him.

"An ugly-looking one."

"Ugh, it's so ugly. It doesn't even have any flesh!"

"What does a walking skeleton need flesh for?"

"I once picked on this pile of bones," one of the bigger boys loudly proclaimed.

"Rubbish. There's no way you would dare do such a thing..."

"What's there to be afraid of?" The boy picked up a stone and threw it at Dumby.

The stone spun a few times through the air until it landed at Dumby's feet.