Lyric discussion by stopstart 

Cover art for It Walks Among Us lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

After stealing pilots' uniforms, Nia and Nastrond make it to the Pavilion and prepare to steal a ship to escape the Dark Sentencer. As they turn on the ship, a blast rips through the cockpit, sending Nia flying and knocking her unconscious. Otto appears with a grenade launcher, then pulls out a blaster, bragging to Nastrond that it was the same kind of blaster he used to shoot Nia at the bank heist.

The two men engage in hand to hand combat, but the two are not evenly matched - Otto is a nearly seven foot tall mound of muscle and rage, handily pinning Nastrond and mercilessly beating him.

Nia recovers consciousness and attempts to shoot Otto with a blaster, but finds that it is out of charge. She then remembers that during her trip to see the Warden, she stole an interface device that guards use to activate Gutters as needed. Using the password she noticed the Warden type into his console - which she carved into her arm to ensure she would not forget - Nia activates Otto's Gutter, which drills through his abdomen, showering Nastrond in his innards and killing Otto for good.

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