[That really does say it all, doesn't it? And it's a good answer, the best she probably had, other than silence. It tells him enough, but not too much. This woman has been abused, though by who... he doubts any sort of threat would wrest it from her. Even he won't go that far.]

I am not kind, but I look after those in my care. If you are an animal, then you are an animal among kin. Even a she-wolf, by definition, cannot run alone. [There's a considerable pause, before he goes on.] I don't want to see you in that place again. That place you contacted me from, or the place that brought you to such misery. Think of it less a demand, and more a personal desire.