[u]Qiyun Woo[/u]

You carefully consider your options. The robot has stopped, which is good. You are not certain what will happen if you shoot it further, and you are not particularly expert at robotics. Indeed, among your people, who are specialized at agriculture and manufacturing sturdy mobile equipment, the fact that you roughly know what robotics is puts you in the upper half. So you don't think anybody else with a gun now is going to do any better than you either. Negotiations seems desirable in this situation. That said, the robot is crazy and maybe that's worth pointing out.

"Are you crazy? If I step out from the barricades to [i]duel[/i] you, one of your buddies there will shoot me or stab me in the back! What in the volcano dragon's underbelly do they even want with us? If it's food and gear, tell them to stop shooting, the price of it can't be worth multiple lives!"