Well, this is a new culture clash. Bel is about to answer the first question, when the second arises. "No. They're teleported back to the start, without harm, and can try again. Or can do something else. But... you went through the course without knowing the risk if you fell?" That was interesting.

He is making a mental note that his new conversation partner is from one of the more fucked up cultures. Which, fine, Bel knows his own background fits in there, even if it goes more into the 'we at least pretend we're decadent nobility as we exploit the labor of others' than utilitarianism.