Gilda would have found the whole scene quite touching. Even if the prisoner was not of her species, she felt she could respect the human just from his sheer audacity of staying strong in the face of torture. They had him strangled, mangled, and even, if Chris was telling the truth, removed his sac, yet he did not beg for mercy. It was so odd to see how similar humans and griffins were in a lot of regards, yet strangely different at the same time. 