After a little more thought, shutting it down seems like the right thing to do. There's literally no hope if Monkey splits. Why besmirch the Cage's legacy by continuing with a sub-par leader? Arab and Bornyo are 100% correct.
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"Bornyo sleeps under a bearskin that he killed and skinned when he was 5. He just stared the thing dead with mind bullets." - Floofin