"And why not just hurt Marcus? Why take the rest of us with him? Most of the people in that room had no idea that Section 31 existed. Let alone any of this. I can assure you no one but Marcus knew about that."

Of course Pike was trying to insert logic into something that didn't have anything sensible involved.

And as of a few minutes ago, Pike's opinion of Marcus changed dramatically. He wasn't the officer he'd made himself out to be when Pike enrolled in the academy.