"You're welcome to flee from me now, but when the time comes to kill or be killed you may wish to be more on my side than against it. Karkat knows that well enough, as does Sai Signless."

He won't stop Kankri from leaving, though. He's not that cruel when he can see that he's making the troll uncomfortable.

"And just so we're clear, men of my sort would rather talk than shoot most days. It's just that we're not so naive as to think words will solve all our problems."