"I will be Samuel, I just want to make sure it is good and dead. Times like this I wish I breathed fire."

Nyx frowned whilst the others chatted over incidentals and strolled carefully over to where he reckoned the fallen tree would be to kick it's corpse

Doc sticks close to his brother for the time being.

After a brief rest Kalista followed her comrades.

Polkitain is looking for any seeds this tree may have had so that a new one will not grow.

As a matter of fact, Polkatain does find some sort of nut. The large seed is as massive of his own claw. Even as he holds it, the seed cracks and turns into so much rotted dust. The tree itself has become visible, and Polkatain was able to claw out a good amount of roots. Tearing the stump out of the ground is probably beyond the limits of even his supernatural strength.

Inside of the Behemoth, Samuel gets a chance to check the long range sensors while his water is heating. Everything looks clear except for what appears to be some long range cargo transports moving at the extreme limit of his radar. Radio chatter between CS patrols and recon stations mention some lizardmen on horseback, but nothing sounds close. There is no mention of firefight in any graveyard. It seems that the team has escaped the notice of the Dead Boys for now.

Status: Nobody's armor took any significant damage during the fight. The gunners went through a significant amount of ammunition, but they are not in danger of running out. The team still has two prisoners locked away inside the robot. A return trip to Pecos territory should be uneventful, but someone needs to decide what is to be done with these NPCs.

Kalista announces there will be a trial for the prisoners. She will act as judge. Once they are convicted she will carry out their executions.

Politain heads over with the dust from the nut like thing.

"I do not think it will come back now."

"Also I am sorry to you all, dragons are supposed to be powerful and well."
He dumps the dust from the nut in one of the containers in the behemoth.

"We can show that to the Lady in Green."

Doc shrugged, "And gunslingers are bad asses, but we all have off days, plus, you're young. You'll get tougher I'm betting. What are we doin' with them we got locked up?"

Kalista responded, "A trial. I will act as judge. Upon conviction I will carry out the execution."

"Remember Kalista to take into account the influence of that evil tree, and the weapons on the other woman that had evil spirits in them. Though I respect that your the closest thing to law I have seen in this world."

Ethan looks aghast when Kalista states that she will execute the prisoners. He places himself between firmly in front of the door that will lead to where the prisoners are being housed. “I’m just a medic and I don’t claim to be anything else. I’m not some knight or police Officer or judge and I don’t plan on becoming one either,” he says calmly, hoping the cyber-knight will hear him out. “But I do know that we made a deal with Glory. She shows us where the soul stealing tree was at, we would let her go. That was the deal.”

Without looking, he jerks a thumb over his shoulder at where the prisoners are. “We made that deal because without those weird, evil weapons and without the tree to make and give her or anyone else more, she is just one more person in this messed up world trying to survive.”

He takes his eyes off Kalista and looks at his other companions on the Behemoth. “We made a deal and we should keep it.” He takes a deep breath and steadies himself, now looking into Kalista's eyes again. “I will keep it even if that means you will try to kill me along with her. I’d hate for that to happen but killing me will be your only way to get to Glory. Please Kalista, don't make me fight you.”
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"If we gave our word I agree we should keep it."

Politain already feeling bad for having fought the cyberknights lowered his head but stood with Ethan.

Kalista seemed to actually be angry, and Ethan her target. Since she projects emotion, Ethan will know he is the target. "If you will remember, I have already pronounced sentence upon the witch. You argued for reprieve, to which I responded she was your problem. Now that we have concluded out business, I will carry out that sentence. It will make my heart heavy to have to kill you as well, but if you insist on intervening in Justice, I will have no choice."

She softened just a bit, her anger diminished and was replaced by compassion directed at the woman herself. She spoke very loudly, loudly enough that the woman herself would hear, "Of course if she escapes to say some other dimension while I am outside riding my horse, I would not be obliged to try and hunt her down as I have more important things to do than chase one witch across the multiverse."

Doc bristled at Kalista's speech until she mentioned the girl escaping. "See Polky, you're learnin'. That part of the code. You give your word you keep it, unless you got a damn good reason not to. A fella ain't worth spit if his words no good. You understand?" Doc gave Ethan a nod, he'd have backed his play with the cyberknight if it came down to it.

Polkitain nods, "Yes my father believed that too." He didn't quite understand the full meaning of Kalista's words thinking it odd she would mention a different scenario involving the woman escaping."</B>

Polkitain whispers to Doc, "You humans are so confusing sometimes." But his body posture showed he was cheering up.

"Or I could shoot her for you", muttered the young elf, bored

Ethan nods his head in understanding of Kalista’s words and intentions. “Of course,” he said simply and smiled slightly. “While you are out enjoying your ride, I will prepare the prisoner and take her outside to await execution. After all, it would be messy to kill her in here, better to do it outside.”

Unless someone stops Ethan, he will enter Glory’s cell and place restraints on her hands. Then he will escort her outside the giant Behemoth robot, stopping only to grab a small pack. Once outside (and on a side of the Behemoth that Kalista isn't) he removes the woman’s bindings and drops the pack by her feet. “You’re free to go,” the medic tells her. He keeps his eyes on her but nudges the pack with his left foot. “There isn’t much in there, just a full canteen and some ration bars but it sure beats nothing but the clothes on your back. If I were you I’d start walking and try your best to never cross paths with us again.”
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Polkitain waves to Glory.

"If I could dimension shift we could kill the tree at the source since the Dimensional walls are thin here, but I don't know how to do that. Since I think Kallista is tired I will go watch her back so that she is safe and returns at a good time to execute the sentence." Arulas says overly dramatic.

Samuel makes hot chocolate for everybody who wants some. Mostly it is a big pot of boiling water that is poured into a ceramic mug and powder mix is swirled into it.

Kalista rode out along side the RV. She needed to clear her mind and focus on her meditations. She noted her fellow knight with a nod but said nothing more. She is having difficulty with her own thoughts. Her emotions are also a swirl, as if she cannot decide herself how she feels or should feel.

Polk looks confused and approaches Sir Arulas, "What do you mean ? The tree isn't dead ?"

"It isn't dead. Just dead here and now. Not likely to come back for a long time. It is a dual phase being if it can be called a being. It lives across the boundaries of the Megaverse. Some dimension some where is it's home. It can be killed across all dimensions IF we found that. I know this because I sense Dimensional anomalies and I couldn't see the thing. Only thing that I know it could be. No clue how it works and I don't want to know how it works." He tells the dragon.

"Oh I didn't realize that. It is a shame I thought that nut I found in the ground was it's life force."

He looks to Kalista but doesn't disturb her since she seems lost in thought.