[He raises an eyebrow.] Everything's a pretty broad spectrum.

[Bellamy doesn't think as well in the long term. His decisions and choices are so immediate, based on what needs to happen now. And right now, shards felt like something important enough to look into.]

I want to keep my people safe. My sister, Clarke, Hiro, the ones back home. [The list is longer, but he doesn't feel the need to expand. But that's it. That's always his priority above everything else - not systems or rules, just the people he has a compulsive need to keep safe. That's not a secret.] If shards are a weapon, we need to know how they work.