Conflicted

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 71511

The outlaw glared at Alexis. “Oh really?”

Alexis kept her gaze on the sea and her hands tightly around on the bottle. “Really,” she replied.

Billingsley snorted and made quite a fuss, flailing his arms about and putting on pitiful a show for a man of his age and...stature. “Well...well...dammit all to Hell. Do something Fred!”

Fred blinked in confusion. “Who? Me? Do what?”

“Oh for Crom’s sake – get me the bloody bottle, you twit!”

“Oh! Right! You heard the man,” he said, turning to Alexis. “Give me the bottle, then. Come on. Hurry up...”

Alexis peered quizzically at Fred. “NO, Fred. Whatever’s come over you!?”

“Nothing. I’m simply wising up, is all. Robert is just this great guy...whose every word I follow blindly.” His own words didn’t seem right to him, and he scratched his unshaven chin thoughtfully.

Robert gave him an approving nod. “That’s right. And if the little vixen won’t give it over willingly, then you’ll use force. Get that bottle, Fred!”

Once again, Fred seemed conflicted. It wasn’t in him to lay a hand on a lady, it went against everything he stood for. He hesitated. Robert noticed this and became even angrier. Again, he repeated his demands.

“Don’t do it, Fred!” Alexis implored him.

“DO IT!” the outlaw commanded. “DO IT NOW!”

  1. In the end, the powerful spell put on him by the genie won out, and he attacked Alexis. Besides, he WAS really a man, right?
  2. In the end, his own conscience won out. However, he felt horrible for disobeying Robert, and ran deeper into the island's interior.
  3. Astra, meanwhile, was still chasing after the drifting vessel.

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