This is considered with narrowed eyes. He could be civil, that was easy enough, and so far he'd been practically a saint as far as his tribe was concerned. He knew the occasional Brute had no issue with even offering advice to enemies to make it more interesting later, but Drake wasn't given to making things 'more interesting later', that got people killed.

And he knew the Embryon weren't as harmless as they looked. The Colonel hated their leader way too much for that.

"You can ask anything you like. I won't guarantee answers."

But if Gale has questions he better keep up because Drake turns and heads for another washing machine to peek inside, apparently actually intending to keep up his hunt for blue cloth hamsters.