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hey drew back while Palamabron shook and his teeth chat­tered."Palamabron," Wolff said, "you have been sentenced to death be­cause you broke truce with us and murdered your cousin."Palamabron, seeing that he was not to be killed out of hand, took courage. Perhaps he thought he had a chance. He cried, "At least I did not eat my own brother! And I had to kill him! He attacked me first!""Enion was struck in the back of the head," Wolff said."I knocked him down!" Palamabron shouted. "He started to rise when I seized a rock and hit him with it. It was not my fault he had his back turned. Would you ask me to wait until he had turned around?""There's no use talking about this," Wolff said. "But you can go free. Your blood will not be on our hands. Only, you can't stay with us. None of us would feel safe to sleep at night or turn our backs on you.""You are letting me go?" Palamabron said. "Why?""Don't waste time talking," Wolff said. "If you don't get out of our sight within ten minutes, I'll let the others at you. You'd better leave. Now!""Wait a minute," Palamabron said. "There's something very sus­picious about this. No, I won't go."Wolff gestured at the others. "Go ahead. Kill him."Pal