"Gather information, establish a base of operations, and escape. Bring whoever or whatever did this to justice, one way or another," the answer didn't take much thought; there really was only one possible plan. But then, Wufei hesitates a moment, cocking his head, just a little, away from Duo, "Burn down everything, if I have to, to accomplish it."

It's not that he's ashamed, exactly. It's only that he knows that that's a terrible impulse to give into, and that voicing it only makes it more likely that he'll carry it out. And what's worse... it might be that Duo approves.He craves, above all, the respect of his fellow pilots, and there's something very unpleasant about the idea of somehow shaming himself, in front of them.

He had gone badly awry, once before.

"Will that satisfy you?"