It occurs to Goliath, as he's forced to the ground, how fundamentally flawed it was of him to expect honorable combat from a race that thinks torture is an appropriate way to quell disobedience.

He hangs onto his consciousness as he kneels in his own blood, growling at Yavek. Elisa hovers on the edge of his field of vision, and only her presence keeps him from voicing his thoughts - that he will die without accepting the Daligig's rule - lest they make his declaration true in front of her.