[At first, Gilbert looks down at her hand and then back at Makoto; he agrees with her wholeheartedly, really. Even thinking about what would happen if he died here...no, it's no use. Gil needs to shake the thoughts out of his head but quickly adds:]

She's right.

[Unarguably, Makoto is the most experienced and always sounds so professional so she probably has some kind of a plan to get the beast—]

What?! Do you want to communicate with it...?! Listen, the last opponent in the previous dungeon could turn you into a stone, there's no telling what this one can do!

[One look into his eyes and it becomes clear that he's having war flashbacks to the previous boss fight.]