He can understand her caution and even chuckles softly at the comment about the whole situation not being well-organized or well-coordinated.

"In my experience, even well-organized and well-coordinated plans often go awry when you take them from the theoretical to the practical," he doesn't sound put off by her decision or her words, arrogant or not.

"I, for what it is worth, will feel better knowing we have some air cover; so to speak."