He looks up, then. The ferocity - the pushback, the displeasure, the willfulness - that's a little bit encouraging, isn't it? It means, hopefully, that her spirit is coming back to her. That she's ready to fight for her welfare. That's good. The worst thing would be if she were so beaten down that she couldn't even help in her own rescue.

So he shrugs a bit. Lifts his eyebrows and asks, "What would you like to talk about, Sonia?"