[she gives gale a sort of just like. :\ look. you know the fate she's talking about. but she lets it go, rubbing at her neck.]

We can double-check, but there's no promise they wouldn't lie about it. [...] Could be useful for us to pool whatever we've got together, you know? If they're going to pick us off one by one, which is the sense I got from listening, we need every advantage.

And since the tadpoles are out of commission, and Gale can't explode people with his mind, we're a bit up against a wall.