[The quiet only lasts another moment before one of them, Guillermo if Johnnie remembers right, speaks up. He's tall, broad-shouldered, and speaks with conviction.]

Miss Chrissy, I was shot, right here,

[He raises a hand to his chest.]

- while sending some good people north where I knew they'd find friends. Diego, my brother there, was hanged the next day for helping. We don't make anyone do anything for us, here.

[The others nod, while Diego tips his head to look at her. The sense Johnnie gets is that they're now trying to suss out Chrissy's feelings on the matter based on how she reacts to that info.

And Johnnie doesn't like her being on the spot like that, so he steps over to stand at her side and rests a hand on her shoulder. There's a smile on his face and a glint in his eyes.]

Good. 'Cause if any of you said otherwise, me an' my girl here would kick your ass.