He shakes his head. "That isn't--it's not--"

Cutting himself off, he takes another sip of soup as he tries to formulate his words.

"When it comes down to it it's important to do the practical thing. The thing that's going to solve the most problems and create the fewest. And sometimes you don't have a lot of control over the options you get, sometimes they're not exactly what you might want, but you pick the best you've got and that's the best you can do."