"Do you really think that'll make you feel any better? Because I don't know what you're going to tell yourself as you walk away when you know exactly what the result is going to be."

It's a slightly different argument than the one he'd usually make; he can understand this distinction, though it's mostly artificial to him. But already it sounds like she won't stop them from doing their thing, which is the least he wants, and this, to him, is promising. It's the possibility that in time, she could come around.

"How about recon. Information gathering, observation, communication, things like that."