Don't really think it'd be hard, one can have regrets due to very ridiculous circumstances, and one can go to laughable length to earn redemption.
This being said I'm not sure the story I have penned down fits the theme that well. No real regret involved, and the intricacy of the universe I'm building up, set in an alchemy factory with tensions between staff and owner, doesn't benefit from the word count.
Might scrap it and go for something different entirely. Mmmh...