Kamala worships Carol, which I know is maybe not a ringing endorsement considering it's Kamala but from what I've experienced with Carol, I think we can trust her judgement that Carol is on the side of good.

[Meaning she's trying to help, not trying to play fast and loose with her tentacle cat.]

And at least we know what we're going back to if we're wrong. But trying to go anywhere that's not here is going to have risk regardless of what we do, so that's the wager. We either stay here and keep everything we have and figure this place out on our own, or we take the risk and go with Carol and Kamala.