There's a pause as Hickey thinks something over, frowning a little before he starts to talk again.

"I wasn't there, but I was told about what happened. One of the men was accidentally shot. He could have been left to die, but you went over to comfort him. To comfort and reassure him before he passed away."

Hickey shrugs a little, still thinking of poor Tom Hartnell. "That's what you're going back to. Even if everybody dies, better they die reassured and calm instead of scared and alone."