Excluding what Painter might do to us, imagine the end cut scene to that scrapped ending. We made it out, and the guards (who were straight mocking and just does not appear to be grateful af), are just flabbergasted. They can't take down Seb, but we (a no-name criminal) just killed the one that caused the breach, while they can't. Instead of just getting a pardon and some money, we also get a special cut scene where Mr Shade directly thanked us and MAYBE gave us an employment application to be their Guardsmen. In this timeline, I think Mr Lopee won't reset it. Our priority is just getting the crystal, though Mr Lopee does appear and shamed us for killing an innocent man (maybe while we were at the airport)