[She feels like this is somehow a test, and only barely resists squirming. That doesn't stop her from looking him in the eye to answer.]

Dying sucks, but you have to be able to fend for yourself to survive. If they had taken other people out with them and gotten themselves killed, there wouldn't be anyone left to punish.

[Or get revenge on, really.]

I guess their people here would've found a way to get even.