[This sure is good timing! But he reads her expression, and continues with something else.]

Varian said... For Stephanie, it was only so bad because it wasn't the first time someone broke that rule. If we pick something that nobody has tried before, then we should be... better off, at least. Natsuo only got put in the stocks the first time.

[Also:]

I talked to the Crafters, and they said that the consequences wouldn't be, um, as severe as they would have otherwise. Since it had to, to do with my objective.