It's really hard to be Stumpy right now. First, she'd rushed to hide behind Yuya and Lion, thinking she'd be safe that way. Then, this huge scary fire guy showed up on the scene, and it turns out he is even more intimidating than the guys with the stun batons! It's just! Bad! She really super wants to run away from this whole scene and get the heck out of dodge, but she's also loyal enough that she doesn't want to abandon Steven and Noodle to a fiery death.

Her courage finally finds her after the final tech leaves. She snaps and makes the decision to run back over to Steven, zipping past Lambert to put herself between him and all her friends on the ground. She's trembling so much it looks like she might just vibrate out of this plane of existence, but she also has her bristly, weird... Isopod tail? Raised and spiked out, like she's ready to attack in order to defend her friends from "Ignatius".