Speechless, Alyssa stares at Pryah's battered body as the tigress slumps to the deck; unsure whether to be awed by Eruin's display of prowess, or horrified by his violent method of "negotiation."<br/><br/>However, Eruin and Rea seem set to make the tiefling's decision for her: as Alyssa watches, the dire wolf seizes Pryah between dagger-length teeth and begins shaking the unconscious tigress like a rag doll. The act is painful even to watch; pirate or no, Alyssa doubts Pryah's crimes warrant such brutality!<br/><br/>"Please, wait-" she begins to protest.<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Eruin wrote:</cite>“REA! WAIT! We need one alive!! Save her!!”<br/><br/>“Hold her, Rea. We’ll give her equipment to the tiefling later. Still in this fight…” </div></blockquote><br/>Whatever objection the young tiefling might have raised is drowned out by Eruin's own bellowed command. This time, the wolf's intervention is a welcome one; truth be told, Alyssa hadn't the faintest idea how to persuade a half-tonne feral lupine to surrender a meal.<br/><br/>"Th-thank you," she stammers to Eruin. It seems the polite thing to say, given the situation- violence aside, the lupine<span style="font-weight: bold">did</span>mean well by his intervention… as least, she presumes so.  Once she offers her thanks, Alyssa is back to searching the deck for further pirate threats. As Eruin said, this battle isn't yet over, though it seems to be on the verge of conclusion. Her tigress opponent is decidedly unconscious, the weasel and rat pirates have been… disabled, after a fashion, and Theron is making swift work of the leader. That leaves only the cougar and the human boy, and while neither is currently within view, a thump from the opposite side of the observation deck gives her a reasonable guess as to their position. Slipping past Eruin and Rea, she circles around to confront the final pair.<br/><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>“Are you alright? Don’t worry, kid. You’re going to get out of here alright.”</div></blockquote><br/>The sight that greets Alyssa as she rounds the observation deck is a pitiful one: the human boy, Tau lies motionless in Isarr's arms as the pair huddles against the engine cage. Tau doesn't even shiver as she approaches, and for a moment she wonders if the boy is even alive until she notices a twitch from the corner of one eye. It's clear that he's in no condition to fight, and Isarr seems more concerned with sheltering the boy than attacking.<br/><br/>Alyssa comes to a halt several steps from the pair, looking them over with more than a little concern. Attacking is out of the question; neither looks to be capable of fighting back at the moment. But if she leaves them, Eruin and Rea, or even Theron, might have no compunctions about striking them down just as they have the others. A surrender would be preferable for both parties… if Isarr is wise enough to accept  what his fellow pirate scorned.<br/><br/>"I hold no enmity towards you," Alyssa begins, quoting the same writ of law delivered to Pryah only moments before. This time, however, her bold tone is gone; her voice now is gentle, almost pleading, as she addresses the cougar. "Please surrender, and I will ensure that you receive fair trial in court. Please..."