"I see," he replied with a slight nod. He frowned a bit. He imagined that feeling she had would be akin to a nasty outcome of his last case if he hadn't gotten the others to calm down so he could get the truth out. People would have been hurt or killed needlessly and lives would have been ruined. He was worried that things might get very ugly very quickly.
"I do not like this entire situation," he continued as they walked. He was careful to speak only when there was no one nearby. "The more research I do the more hopeless it seems. We might win this war, possibly, but at great cost. And I do not know how many would be willing to pay it."