Mercy follows, arm held behind her as they make the trees. She does drop it and the shield when it seems like they're far enough into the cover. "All right. Just- you can set him down there. I'll put him back together and sew it all up. You're gonna be okay, Hereward. Martin's here to make sure of that. We're all gonna be okay and we're gonna get back to the Abbey and have a feast in your honor. You're a hero today, you know? Everyone is. That's why Martin's come. To see the heroes of Evergreen fighting."

She starts to kneel, but as she does, there's a sharp crack of gunfire and half of Mercy's face in simply wiped away. There's barely a moment of consciousness before she falls over dead. If Martin looks toward where the fire seems to have come from, he'll see another boy who couldn't be more than 15. He looks terrified, hands shaking as he moves to reload his gun.