The chieftain eyes Devaguea warily, though he, too, stands to his fullest, puffed up height. To an outside, it probably looked fairly ridiculous, given they were both so small. Finally, the chieftain nodded. "Sharptooth is great dragon, great-father and protector of Sootscale tribe," the kobold said. "Statue is most important relic; without it, kobolds fall sick, die. Great shaman Tartuk say so, speak with spirit of Sharptooth, protect tribe from evils that threaten us," he explains, firmly... though a DC 15 Sense Motive might notice that the chieftain seems a little... skeptical, when he speaks of Tartuk. (If Devaguea fails this check, Damien will point it out a few rounds later, quietly.)