Malcolm had no doubt whatsoever that the shooting was necessary; that wasn’t why he’d asked.

“Two in the chest. You definitely punctured at least one lung. Say you hit an artery… we’re talking fatal exsanguination in minutes. But he fell 300 feet? He’d hit the bottom in about four seconds. Even feet first, it’s not a survivable fall. Luckier for him if he went head first. Either way, the impact probably killed him before the bullets. Statistically.”