We can. End it with the Deputy alive, that is.

[that is, at least, one question she can answer now]

But we'd have to get the Deputy to work with us. And. . . [another small sigh, to spare her ribs the pain of a deep breath] I feel as though we've "screwed up" many times already.

[shakes her head]

Not that those failures are any reason to give up, of course.