"Some things can be justified in the name of a greater good. If this is one of them, I am yet to fully decide. I suppose we'll have to investigate that, won't we? If they believe we do have all the answers, then there's no time like the present to find out if they're right!"

What else is there to do, after all? Sit around and wait? Perish the thought! If Gale sits around waiting he'll have far too much time to think, and that's something he'd vastly prefer to avoid for the moment.