It's in his nature to confront strange things, threatening things. If you stand back, they'll walk all over you. At least, that's what he'd learned in the schoolyard, having to deal with people who think he's weird, or simply those who think he'll be an easy target because he's small. Better to stand up for yourself, in the end.

"Kind of varies. Not sure how much we know about what this one can do, and the most consistent thing we've run up against besides the Blood Keys . . ." A little, barely perceptible pause, there, before he continues. "... would be the snake statues. Which are strong and tough to damage, but really slow and easy to outmanuever."

Especially when you have the abilities he does. Dodging around the statues is laughably easy for him, even if he's not much good in actually damaging them.