Sobek couldn't say he understood everything of that situation, but he was sure he understood enough.
When he arrived he had seen that the smell of blood and fear he had smelled actually came from a little girl, who was being held still by some highly disreputable men. With his amplified hearing then he had heard the words of the political official, and there he understood what was happening.
Sobek had never been one who took no interest in third world news when he was on Earth, so he was well acquainted with situations like this: forcing a girl to marry a grown man for political or financial reasons. Also under the circumstances, he was pretty sure her family was unwilling and that it was all orchestration.