[3. Shock]
"Y-you're." Poperri stuttered, not aware of what to say.
"What, cat got your tongue?" they started giggling. "Oooh, sorry. My bad. Yes, I am a monkey person. But it's not what you think! We are-"
Poperri cut him off, "I do not believe a word you say! I know my grandpa is right and you are wrong!"
He sighed, "I know, it may sound like a crazy story, but please trust me. Our people don't even know why we got kicked out of Blue City! Let me tell you the real story."
The guy called in some of his monkey friends. One by one, they all hopped in. Poperri noticed the fear in their eyes. She felt even more nervous about the fact that they could murder her at any minute, like her grandpa told her in the past. Poperri gulped in fear but the monkey person spoke up.
"Very sorry for the abrupt interruption, my name is Moe Keepuh. We are the Keepuh Family." he pointed to another one of his kin as he spoke to Poperri,"This is Far. He'll tell you everything." Moe looked at Far and nodded.
Poperri wasn't sure what this meant but insisted on staying and listening to what they had to say.
Far looked at Poperri suspiciously but then something popped up in his mind, "Hm, you seem like a trustworthy girl so I'll tell the true story. I recognise that face, I know that your grandpa is a monster."
Poperri immediately put her eyes on Far. She stared at him and uttered, "What? I don't understand," Poperri hesitated, "How do you know about my grandpa? He's not a monster, I know this!?"
Far chuckled and said, "You don't know anything? Well of course you don't, you're related to a huge liar! Ha, let me tell you the truth, not some scummy lie."
Everybody around Far sat around, listening to the story attentively.
"Basically, long ago when my father was still around, he lived in the Blue City. I was a wee little child back then. My father told me all about how wonderful your grandpa was." he pointed to Poperri as she tilted her head,"We all thought Pops was a great man. But one day, we had no idea what happened. I guess my father went out gambling like he always does. This night he went with my mother and Pops. I was unaware at the time that when only my mother came home, my father was dead."
The Keepuh's started wailing while Poperri continued listening to Far. He continued to say, "My mother quickly exclaimed to me and my relatives, 'There's no time. Your father made someone angry. We have to leave now,' and that was all I heard. We all rushed into the forest, this forest, where nobody could find us and we camped there for a while. We weren't aware at the fact that Pops was spreading nasty lies and rumours about how the we were all slobs and should be kicked out of Blue City, they called us Monkey People. One of us tried to sneak into the city, they got their head sliced off. Another one confronted the Blue City government, they were kicked to the ground and sliced up into bits and pieces. I witnessed it with my own eye."
Far pointed to his own right eye, his left one was closed and had a huge scar across it. Poperri shrivelled up. The people were sobbing and sniffling.
"The 'Monkey People' were outcasted and still outcasted to this day because of some dumb belief and rumor your grandpa told about us. Please help us resolve this, Pop. You're our only hope."