Cartilage Head wins.
wow, performance art that morphs into a moral test of an individual. i wonder what would've happened if ray had stayed and attended to the seemingly-dying cartlidge head. would balloons and confetti have dropped from the ceiling while scantily clad women escorted in a new orleans jazz band to symbolically bear CH and Ray away on their shoulders while steppin a lively jig and blaring out such songs as have not been heard for some time in the crescent city? that is what i would like to think would have happened, but alas, Ray is a coward and we will never know.
It's my opinion that CH has never had to think of what to do in this situation, as I would imagine the person in seat Z-1 ALWAYS bolts out the window. "Human" nature being what it is and all.
Also: it is still really nice to see Ray put in a situation he can't control. Now that the arc is over and he stands humiliated (if only in front of CH and himself), it makes him seem more... "believable" isn't the right word I'm looking for, and neither is "natural," but I can't put my finger on what the right word would be.