[The Piemaker too is pale, but for entirely different reasons. He refuses to look Felix in the face, staring instead through the open infirmary door]

Blood for blood, a life for a life?

It's not the human Dean that's breaking the scales. It's the Admiral. It's the Barge. The Barge can bring him back and only asks for a week in return.

And sure, there's...social consequences. Whoever did it will experience consequences. Dean will..probably be more careful.

Are you scared that it's a gift? That his life isn't being bought back, it's being given?