Luckily for them, he does keep glancing back, curious to see what they're saying. Because, oddly enough, they seem to be on his side. That sort of understanding is rare.

Heh. He'd laugh if he could spare the breath. It's always his damn lungs and throat.

"You? You're too short."

And he's very much not. At least six and a half feet tall. Like almost every other adult in the castle, he's a giant.