She assumes that they're getting rid of the Door in order to protect civilians. That's a generous assumption. It is true, he supposes, but perhaps it's another mark of how low his expectations are when it comes to wolves that her comment seems generous.

Three minutes left until the train arrives.

"Which pack are you from?" he asks, because if he can find an actual reasonable person to talk to other than the alpha, these trips to the den might be less tedious.