Maybe I should start calling him Sven.

Searching the chaos in the aftermath of the barrel avalanche, Mark finds Elmer and things are not looking good for the would-be assassin. It looks like he's been hurt pretty badly by all of those barrels and he's probably lying in a pool of hazardous waste since the disaster probably opened up the seals on more than few of them. Still, without his gun, he's just a man and Mark and the Jack Elrod Ball rush to his aid. (We can only assume that Andy has taken the initiative to seek help elsewhere, and is either flying towards the closest medical facility or is at this very moment instructing the forest animals with thumbs on how to construct a stretcher.) Wanting to keep the heat off of the Jack Elrod Ball that has been so helpful in the past, Mark explains that the sound of the shot gun blast was what brought the barrels down on the hapless hunter. (Yeah, I guess that could be right, but my money is still on the Jack Elrod Ball. After all, Elmer went after Andy, so he really gave it no choice but to take drastic measures.) His injuries being tended to, Elmer explains that he was just doing what he was told. My friend, there are easier ways. Take for instance, the silence that resulted in the Dick Tracy Universe when Ringo received the threatening note crafted from cut up news papers. He didn't need to be shot at. He just needed the shooting to be threatened. (Yes, you could argue that poor Louise Trapeze paid the price for that silence, but still, you can't deny that the note wasn't effective.)

Mark, if you want Elmer to survive, I suggest that you get some help quick. I've seen an injury like that in another universe and unless you've got yourself a medical planet to send the injured to, he isn't going to make it. (Sure, you could argue that a robeast and an evil witch are completely different from a pile of toxic barrels and therefore shouldn't be compared, much like you shouldn't compare a re-edited series with the original, but the resulting injuries appear to be pretty similar. So, so there!) Looks like none of the questions of the previous post are going to be answered. Oh well. Better luck next time.