They're in the monosyllabic names club! They have to show solidarity.

Box in his arms again, he slinks back toward the stairs, watching Shale uncertainly. Their question startles him, and he goes red-- so it's a perceptive golem. He isn't sure how to deal with that. "...I'm not afraid," he lies, half-assedly. Telling himself that is all that gets him through the day.