That scenario might work, if Maria bullied Tez into it. His suggestion that she complete her contriteness by being enslaved herself for a proportionate period of time similar to what Maria lost working in a mine that he knows will be used to extract uranium as soon as the tech level improves again wouldn't go over so well.

But that would depend on Swan giving up on the idea of herself as the victim. She's got Demona levels of self-deception in that regard.