[He thought he handled the shifter fine, but if Alexei thinks it's better off dead then he won't disagree. Not after he went and thought Alexei was wrong in the first place and ended up letting the other shifter run off anyway.]

I didn't know they could use their skills like that, there's no way I'll let it happen again. [...] But anyone in my position who saw what you were doing would have fallen for the same thing. [Maybe.]