Good guess, but not quite. The loss is supposed to be your entrance fee into Paradisa. Once you go home you’ll get it back. And people rarely get more than one permanent loss.

[At that last bit, Dairine snorts… which isn’t a smart thing to do when drinking soda. (OUCH, her nose!) But she manages to hide her discomfort pretty well with a good layer of sarcasm.]

Uh huh, you just keep telling yourself that.