Marco would have said the same thing Kovu said. Both ways, he felt he could agree. There were no cops or any kind of law enforcement around that prohibited stealing--but Jake knew better than to just take something.

He didn't just accept his share of Paixao currency from Kida without saying he would pay her back. That's just how he was. Whenever someone helped him, he would make sure to pay him or her back later.

"It doesn't matter much to me if you decide to make good use of it. I didn't want to just throw it away either."

He only decided to do this for Vitani for a purpose better than to go out and only answer his curiosity about her as well as the other lions, and Timon.