[That's a lot to take in and it's hard to process when he's so out of it. The nurses keep chiding him since he should be resting anyway, especially Special K. But he's spent some time walking around the Infirmary, leaning heavily on his IV stand, since it's good for him to move a little. And he used his spirometer and was a good little very experienced Infirmary patient so she'd finally handed his comm back after snatching it for a while.]

[He zeroes in on the one part.]

Of course they assessed whether or not it was cost effective to keep some of us alive.

[He squints at his copy of the data.]

Judging from the timestamps, my request would've been around when they first got me into pre-op in the surgical suite. While I was bleeding out, they waited for the accounting okay before moving me into surgery.

Charming.

[He pinches the bridge of his nose.]

With the rest of it, it's not shocking they'd have a problem they'd sweep under the rug. That's how soulless bureaucracies like this work.

[He looks very tired all of a sudden. His voice has a slight catch to it that makes his next words sound very personal.] The human cost never matters.

I don't believe in the supernatural so I can't believe I'm saying this but I think we need to focus on the possible connection between that angle and the possible motive. She can heal, she can magically pull any weapon out of nothing, she might have some kind of connection to the Biblical story of the first murder. And she's murdering her way up the ranks.

Who benefits? It's not most of the people up top; clearly they're scared stiff.