Eh Don't know if this is to be considered a spoiler thing - if so then please moderate the text outta here asap...

Would it not be worse than death for Miko to loose her paladinhood ? Belkar once stated that such was his goal and according to Yoda, anger leads to the dark side ;) In Belkar's view it might be much better not to kill Miko at all, but let her live on ín shame as a fallen paladin ;)