[His frown turns into a scowl. How dare people other than him keep secrets (from him)?]

Tt. That's your choice. But I'll find out regardless.

I don't think any of us have much reason to be personally invested in the fate of this world beyond compassion for the civilians caught in the middle. Nobody here strikes me as compassionate. [He's including himself in that, even if he is already personally invested in seeing this whole thing go down. Maybe he just doesn't like the attitude of those animal mascots.]