I think an option to decline would have been the proper procedure, but... [He looks away, looking like he's thinking but doesn't voice what he's thinking. When he looks back at her, he's smiling again.] I bet there's someone missing you already back home, isn't there?

[Now he's taken aback a little since he assumed those who could fight were brought. He looks more serious than he did previously.] Did they say why they brought you here? A woman such as yourself, or anyone, shouldn't be forced to fight or take part in such a conflict.