Listen. I'm telling you this because Peter says he knows you and this shit isn't really your style, so you're probably not involved. But pretending no one had found that first station wasn't gonna be an option, for unavoidable reasons.

[ Peter... may have smashed some stuff inside it but Ben's not going to throw him under the bus like that. 'Cause he gets it. ]

The likelihood that there are already other stations has occurred to us, along with the probability that if they haven't got one already they'll just build one. This operation is way too extensive for them to just chicken out and ditch at the first sign of trouble.

[ He really has better things he could be doing than walking Loki through this but... Peter said he's smart and smart is useful, so. ]

And don't you think a good way for a few people to investigate under the radar is to have a few other people making a big racket to deflect attention?