Pok was hardly reassured - surely this didn't sound very good to him. He didn't understand, and there was little choice for him. He could run away, but then they'd never take him back in to the clan, to his nice, warm kobold hole. No, the little lizard thought, he'd have to make it through somehow.
Turning his head from side to side, Pok looked around them at the other people in the crowded room. The bullies were going to start in on him soon, Pok thought, so he'd need some trinkets to make them leave him alone. Pok didn't want them taking his good stuff!
The tiny, maroon-scaled kobold with the big yellow eyes concentrated on looking as weak, innocent, and pitiful as he possibly could, keeping his eye out for someone within reach of his gangly arm...