[with a slow, sage tip of his head] ...you have a point. I suppose we don't actually know. We can only assess ourselves and assume we have everything we remember having.

[it almost requires patting himself down, even though they're speaking of thoughts, memories, mental processes, and not whatever's in his pockets. Assuming he has pockets.]

There is a certain level of simply forging ahead as best we can with what we have, which happens regardless of any plans or organization. But I do feel as though we need the latter just to keep utter chaos at bay.