Morbius scraches his chin and says:
"Look, we have been exploring this island for a week, Gurt even climbed that tree to look for something that we might have missed and found nothing. We know the mainland is close, even if we can't find the fleet that attacked us we might find some other mean of transportation. Also Tost, I am not crazy, at no moment I said we should confront them, but if the opportunity presents itself, stealing one of their boats avoiding combat (that was the whole idea of stealing it during the night) is one possible course of action, on the other hand, I don't think any of you has any experience as a sailor do you? Of course, if someone has a better idea just say so."