"Uh, wow. Okay." The request not to tell Gene about any of this upgrades Tony's assessment from 'probably nothing major' to 'fairly concerning'.

His brow wrinkles and he takes a thoughtful sip of his coffee. "So what's the big deal about this? Yeah, animal sacrifice is horrible, but the Narrakra crew seemed pretty, you know... out of it, when they got back. If they were really gone as long as it looked like they were, they probably started coming up with some pretty crazy ideas about how to get themselves home. I can see putting blood sacrifice on the table, after being trapped in a time warp bubble for a few years."

Frankly, Tony thinks, it's just lucky the crew stuck with animals, and didn't upgrade their superstitious brainstorming to sacrificing people.

"Do you think the sacrifice... do you think it actually did something? Why is the Aisling Tower interested in this?"