<br/>Throughout the time while the women were questioning, and slightly roughing up, Hallen, Alphonse merely sat and listened and tried to put things together for himself. He had been distracted by talk of strupping--and had almost interrupted to ask what it was--and then his eyes had grown wide as he realized what Quinta had suggested for the girl. On one hand, he had wanted to tell her, "Yes, do it. She almost got us all killed.", but his other hand looked at Hallen and saw someone played by powers beyond her.<em>She will have a reckoning when she hits the Scales, to be sure.</em>The moment passed and he merely continued with the watching as Quinta drug Hallen from the water's edge.<br/><br/>The halfling finally interjected. "Show us? What can you show us? Where the pool is? And the bitch?" He looked at Quinta and his merry eyes and odd smile took on a more feral cast. "I think we might want that, eh?"