"Oh, I won't be leaving him like this." Lifting his head, the boy flashes a smirk. He definitely wants those wires back. He's not leaving without them. "But you don't have to stick around for my sake. I can easily outpace him. Unless you have something else in mind...?"

The black knight hasn't given Walter any cause to test whether or not he is actually beyond death. But he will be cinching them a bit tighter with the knight struggling as he is.