pulling out of goris' grip, tristan drew both aks and stabbath and spoke softly; "while your power is great, you shall not control me, etrius and goris were correct, you are evil, and controlling. my will is my own, now you two have options here, end your attempts at control, and survive. or you can try to own me and be left here in the dust, to starve without someone to feed you souls". aks and stabbath grew quiet, then submitted their tacit reply, and were placed back on tristan's back. "let's go" he said as he walked away from goris