but rather than feeling better about everything now that jack clearly was on the mend , what had happened with jack hit too close to home . `` i 'm going to pay you back , sky . '' i wanted it , even if i had to snap his fingers off to get it . he was checking his hands for more bugs . the chances are excellent that my procedure will work , but for how long ... '' he shrugged . and i want to apologize for the way i acted before . 