Miki made an excellent point about the humans and their temperament. If there was anyone Kou didn't trust when he was weaponless, it was humans. Fairies and Dwarves were decently diplomatic, Goblins were only a threat in raids, and even Ogres and their evolutions were honorable enough to offer a weapon to unarmed opponents. Humans were another sort of monster entirely, and vindictive enough that any problem had with them would remain a problem for a long time.

As they spoke, the Adventurers reached a point of agreement about naming their mount. Kou gave this some thought, but could come up with nothing but ridiculous gag names right away. Such things would have been fine if he'd been playing the game, but here in this world, they needed something more... realistic. Miki's suggestion, while just about there, garnered a laugh from Kou. "Shredder? Are we gonna attack giant, radioactive turtles with it? I'd rather call it... Leeroy."