He did shrug at their reactions, before apologizing. "Sorry about that, never had one do that before, otherwise I would have warned you. Most of the time the flesh just vanishes, rather than speed rotting. Might be because it was a demon before. As for the hobgoblins, up on that ledge near the mouth. Probably a passage inside that we can't see from here, otherwise it is a deadend and useless as an observation point."