[And that's a little why he's afraid to go forward--but the fact he'd say what he did after his near-argument with Herian has his stomach roiling.]

To be made Tranquil. [There's a moment's hesitation before he hastens to explain,] There might be a cure for it. Or--there's strong reason to believe there is, that someone's come up with it, but it would need to be reinvented and tested on someone--and Casimir can't really give consent to it, so I--

[He trails off. The reasoning sounds even more hollow when he puts it that way. What if there weren't a cure at all? And even if there were it still wasn't as if Casimir could give his full consent to it being used on him, it doesn't solve the problem--]