"We're predators," he agrees, evenly, because it is what she's saying, and it is true. It's always been true, even for those without a wolf in them. He might speak evenly, but he doesn't speak coldly, or flatly. This is the beginning of another chapter in the story of her life, and it's going to be beautiful.

"Quick and easy?" he offers, as the first way to teach her, because she's still not said, so he's offering it. The lack of reliable compulsion means that there is no point asking the computer to make the people in this place compellable; it's a lot of options that are not open to them, right now. It also means that 'painless' is not an option for their victims.