In that they chose torture instead of death?

[Garrus snorts.]

Or maybe they know that that'll backfire pretty badly. I couldn't come after them, but I've got a lot of friends. So do several on that list. I think there'd be a lot more dead and it would be a disaster on their hands.

[Never create a martyr. That's one of the things military training drilled into you. He takes a breath.]

For someone who didn't get hit with it you seem pretty down, now that you mention boldness.