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The argument was about whether to die with honor or die comically, once again falling into the trap of trusting obvious villains and deceivers; in the end, the latter was chosen.
To be fair, it turned out that the mysterious clan could have provided a cure for worms – after keeping everyone in slavery for several years. As for the mighty Visterian hero, Heroist, they wouldn't have let him go at all, if I'm not mistaken, because he was too valuable as a workforce.