He didn't care what punishment was given. He had already hurt himself more than any punishment would. Many of his brothers were sorry for him, but felt that their pity was sinful, a weak betrayal of strict morality. Hears wept, but eyes were tearless and silent. Since the monks could not decide what to do, they decided to wait for the arrival of a saintly old monk who surely would know how to administer justice.
Debts are paid, restitution is made, to the extent that it can be.
What is wrong is made right again. This desire is a common one in human communities. We want to be fair. It is this ideal that has created our legal and court system. Jesus, of course, comes into the midst of our ideas about how to live life and turns them all upside down with his notion of forgiveness.