[Mal refuses to kill the prone, humiliated Atherton.]
WSir Warrick
You have to finish it, lad. [Mal doesn't move] You have to finish it. For a man to lay beaten, yet breathing? It makes him a coward.
It's humiliation.
It would be humiliating, having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man.
[He lightly stabs Atherton.]
Guess I'm just a good man.
[He repeats the poking.]
Well, I'm all right.
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