[matter-of-factly:] You don't have the core strength to drag me anywhere.

[he knows that's not what Emery means, but the point still stands, and it stands while he starts to move to wipe at that dirt, double-taking at the blood smears on his cape, and sighs.]

And in any case, there was no way I was letting you come alone. Wherever it is...we go together, right?

[his eyes stay downcast in saying that, a bit hesitant to look up and perhaps see regret in that expression Emery's wrestling with.]