[Ah. Hm. Well, it's good to know that Kristoph doesn't think lightly about his past crimes. Even so, there's a kind of lightheartedness about it that strikes Palaeno as worrying. How can a person admit their actions weren't justified and smile about it?

He ends up bowing his head, wringing his hands together in his lap.]

The only remotely plausible idea I have would be for us to lure the badger into this room, overpower him and escape through the door. [But considering how well all his other ideas have gone, it's probably no good.]