[ Whether it's intentional or not, those words hit right where they hurt the most. All the pain, all the fear, every misstep that he's ever made that came with the result of someone he loves being hurt. Being killed. All of that comes to the front in a sickening wave of recollection, causing him to tremble and shudder where he's pushed against the wall and the eyes that meet Tyki's (with great effort) are glossy and wet.
It wasn't that long ago that he went through exactly this. He still has the scar on his arm to show for it, pink and puckered and fresh. In that moment, regardless of his efforts, his history of failures is painfully easy to read in his features.
You got him. You got him right where it hurts the most. ]