Empath exhaled, sounding like he should feel relieved but now he was uncertain of what he did for anybody. Hefty was pushing Grouchy around for some reason that he couldn't figure out, and now he hated Empath for standing up to him like that, defending a Smurf who would rather be by himself than even acknowledge Empath's presence.
This seemed even more puzzling to Empath than trying to figure out why he was actually born a Smurf when he had known all his life that he was a Psyche.