The Outpost

Previously on "The Outpost"...

It's been 39 days since Talon brought the Blackbloods through.

She's the last remaining Blackblood prophetess.

I am Yavalla, prophetess of the Blackbloods.

The way to paradise is somewhere at the Outpost.

The kinj. I'm requisitioning this facility for official use.

Excuse me? I need your word

that there will be no more trouble from your people.

My people will remain peaceful.

For the sins of your ancestors.

For the Queen.

Any last words, human,

before justice is done?

Justice?

Blood for blood.

Zed, you'd go to war with your own kind

to protect one worthless human?

We might be the same species, Yobahn, but we are not the same kind.

The priestess will judge him after a trial.

This man murdered Kezzun

and another of my men in cold blood.

You gave me your word

your people wouldn't do something like this.

Now look what has happened.

If Captain Spears did this, he had a reason.

Kezzun tried to murder their queen.

Garret is her sworn protector.

If Yobahn disciplined his man,

none of this would have happened.

Kezzun was demoted.

He should have died for that crime.

For what?

For allegedly trying to kill a human?

And there she sits, without any harm done to her.

This was not a life for a life.

He would have killed me had Zed has not stopped him.

Would have? Conspiracy is not punishable by death.

You know that, Zed.

This human murdered two of my men in cold blood!

Technically, your Lu-Qiri killed one of them.

And I did not murder Kezzun. It was a fair fight.

Impossible. Kezzun was a great warrior.

He was a mediocre warrior and he was high on colipsum.

Ah! Yobahn.

Captain Spears, do you deny killing Kezzun?

I killed him, but it was not murder.

Was it self defense?

He was defending the queen.

He was seeking retribution.

Garret is not a murderer.

Kezzun's life was not his to take.

Mine is not Kezzun's to take.

You are a queen.

If a man ignores your own law

for vengeance and murder, what would be your judgment?

As I thought.

No!

Captain Garret Spears,

you are sentenced in the tradition of our ancestors--

No!

To death by drowning.

May your death bring peace through justice.

I won't let you murder him!

I'm sorry, Talon, I must uphold the law.

Janzo, they're going to execute Garret.

What? I thought Gwynn would've been able to...

She tried, all right? So did Zed, but they won't listen to her.

We have to stop it. "We"? And how do you suppose "we" do that?

You and I against dozens of Blackbloods and a bunch of Lu-Qiri?

We don't stand a chance. I don't know, Janzo, just--

just think of something, all right? There has to be a way.

How do they plan on doing it?

Decapitation? Hanging?

The traditional Blackblood execution.

Drowning. Drow-why would they do it that way?

Because Blackbloods are terrified of drowning.

Think of something, Janzo.

Right. Come on.

There's too many. We wouldn't have a chance.

The price for rebellion is death.

Captain Spears has made his choice,

and now he will die for it.

Without justice, there can be no peace.

This isn't peace! This is tyranny!

The trial is over and the sentence is death.

Proceed.

Wait!

Wait!

The least you can do is to allow Talon to say a proper good-bye.

This man saved her life more than once.

He means a lot to her.

I will allow it.

What was that? Shh.

Good-bye, Garret.

Proceed.

That's enough. He's dead.

A life for a life.

Justice is satisfied.

This human is dead.

Step aside, come on. Respect for the dead.

This man deserves a proper burial.

We will take it from here. My condolences.

I understand he was close to you.

Garret Spears was a hero

to all the Outpost.

Perhaps in time you will forgive me.

I did what I thought was just.

Surely you understand why it had to be done.

You're monsters, all of you.

Garret Spears was a hero, but how quickly you all forget how he saved us all,

especially you and your Lu-Qiri

when you were about to die in battle.

Shame on you!

And you, Zed, you had me fooled back there.

Thought you were a good man.

But I couldn't have been more wrong.

Do you think it worked? Don't know.

But we don't have much time.

What happened?

Talon passed you a sleeping death elixir when she kissed you.

It slows down the heart rate to almost nothing

until you take the antidote.

Unless you wait too long, of course.

Any longer, you'd have been actually dead.

Oh. Open.

Janzo, you're a genius.

Uh, what about me?

Open. Ah. Yeah.

Eyes. Hmm.

Why'd you kill the Blackfist?

Because he tried to kill Gwynn.

Yeah, but he didn't. Ahh!

You knew what would happen if you did that.

You knew the consequences.

You're just trying to kill yourself. What? No.

Clearly Sana and The Three just messed him up so badly

that he's become suicidal.

What other explanation do you have for your stupid behavior?

Well, to be honest, I hadn't really thought it all through that--

Obviously not.

Please stop hitting me. I'm so angry at you.

Huh. Don't do that again.

All right, but if you kiss me as well,

then it is tempting.

All right, so what now?

Well, everyone already thinks he's dead anyway,

so just open-- there we go. Ah!

He'll have to just wait down here and recover in hiding.

If he shows his face, then they'll probably just want to kill him again.

Probably even want to just chop off your head.

But guess what. I don't have any elixirs for that.

No, no, please, no more hitting. I-I can't--

Hey, how come he gets two kisses?

'Cause she's not in love with you, stupid.

Let's go!

Why did she kiss me? Come on, you nosy warthog, let's go.

Maybe if we wait, we can get another chance. Let's go!

Mm.

I think my ribs are trying to punish me.

Broken ribs will tend to do that.

Ah!

That's what you get for being so reckless.

You used to tell me the opposite,

that I was too cautious and too proper.

Yeah, well, things were different then.

How?

I saw you die, Garret.

And I never want to see that again, you understand me?

Talon, that bastard tried to kill our queen.

If given the chance, he would have tried again.

It filled me with rage. I couldn't stop myse--

Yeah, and I wanted to kill him, too,

but killing just leads to more killing.

The old Garret knew that.

I'm not the old Garret anymore.

Ever since The Three messed with my brain, I've been so--

And you need to let that go.

I know. It won't happen again.

Stay here.

Stay quiet.

And rest up.

I'll be back.

Where are you going?

Can't let Gwynn believe you're dead.

Oh, sweet gods. That's the best news I've heard in a long time.

No one can know. Of course. How is he?

He's weak from the beatings and the poison, but he'll mend.

I'm just worried his anger will drive him to do something stupid again.

Hmm. Sounds like someone else I know.

Hey. You know, I feel so useless.

I'm cut off from everyone.

Hasn't Yavalla given you more freedom?

No. I don't think she ever will.

She hasn't won you over with the promises of peace and love?

Mm. Call me crazy, but nothing that's ever

walked out of the Plane of Ashes

has made my life easier thus far.

Look, I really hope it's different this time.

And so do I.

You must find out what she's up to.