Garrot just grumbles. It's frustrating, the idea that nobody was in control, and the Protector either thought he was or tried to force it. Really, talking about the Protector and who he vaguely was or was not, it... didn't seem to be getting him anywhere.

So he tries to shift his perspective.

"He said my father tried to convince the others to side with you." On the other hand, the Protector seemed to treat Gyre like he was a disease, so... "How did he know that? Was he lying? Or did he actually-"

Garrot stops dead in the middle of that thought. He can't actually voice the notion that his father could want to destroy the planet. For any reason.