"Personally I always care about my suits. And this one was a gift." Skulduggery had said the suit was basically stabproof, he hadn't said anything about monstrous animal teeth and Max doesn't want to test it out first hand just in case whatever magical properties or technology went into this no longer works in ... wherever they are.

"You're such a hero." He says it scornfully, but fine, lead it away from people. And then find it food that isn't them, shouldn't be so hard. Not that Max has much to worry about, unless it has a taste for Tungsten. "Fine. Fine. Why not? Let's risk ourselves for a bunch of strangers we'll never see again instead of saving ourselves."

He continues to complain the whole time as he reaches out to tug Steven down a different road and towards what looks like a less populated area. "What do you suppose it eats other than people?"