'Monster' is one of the names they'd called him when he was cast down, trapped in the Downside and cut off from the rest of the world. Different reality, somewhat similar circumstances. He'll be less prickly about the terminology once he understands where Sans is coming from.

The skeleton moves quickly, with the proper motivation - but so does the lungblossom. Oralech supposes finding food is as much a matter of life or death for it as not getting eaten is for them.

He lunges away from it, his jump carrying him well out of the reach of grasping vines and what he assumes is a gaping maw at the front of it. Demons are big, but just like skeletons and lungblossoms they can move a lot faster than one would first think. He glances back towards Sans.

Is he keeping up?