'Better that, than death.' Galevin thought to himself, no longer intimidated at all by Beowulf. "If you'd want." Galevin said, in a tone of indifference, shrugging, almost with a 'know-it-all' face as some might've said. To him, anything to prolong this encounter and buy time, meant another chance at survival, even if he'd be the one to bear the weight of that decision.