"You hadn't explained that you'd been gone, so they had no reason to think you had left. Trying to explain what happened to us is going to be difficult even without trying to describe the illogical properties of liminal space. Clothing becomes warn and tattered over time." He knows and trusts that Stone knows his court well enough to navigate the situation, but Gale can't help how his mind works, trying to seek out any flaw that may exist in a plan.