"An intelligent man would recognise that remaining frozen would be a more favourable outcome than what would happen if you were free."

She keeps it vague, not putting ideas into his head about attacking her. Perhaps she assumed it already when he had been intending to try and kill her. Her tone would also suggest that she doesn't think he's an intelligent man, or perhaps that she doesn't think men are intelligent.

"Does survival outweigh hunger?"

She doesn't let him verbally answer, a shake of her hand releasing her spell on him.