[Not pulling any punches there are you Noct. Barnham's quiet for a moment, thinking hard on that.]

... If it was my own death he threatened me with, then I would still not back down. I would accept that death as simply an inevitability of my duty.

[...]

However... Sara stated that he threatened her home, and the people in it. I do not know if the Sheriff truly has that capability, but...

[...Hrm.]

It is certainly a quandary. My loyalty is, after all, to Labyrinthia first and foremost, but I could not call myself a knight if I were to kill someone in cold blood here.