[Fern is just quiet. Yeah, he screwed up badly. He didn't react like a normal person, he reacted like a... well, like a monster.]

I... guess that's all I can do, huh?

[Try to be better next time. He doesn't like it, of course, he wants to be able to go back and fix his screw-up, even though he knows that isn't possible. Nope, his best option is to trust Varian on this, and make sure he's prepared the for the future.]

I want to hope there isn't a next time, but that'd just be naive with how this place is. How far along are you with the elixir?