You think of it as crime, I think of it as getting answers! It's important we get back to the Boiling Isles as quickly as we can, isn't it? Who knows how long access to them will last?

[If he already asked and they said no, what other option did they have? They STILL had to find the information, which was already going to be hard. If they were going to get anywhere, likely they didn't have time to spare]!