[Okay, that comment stops him. He's not about to walk away from a threat.]

Reckon if the Empire ever tries, they're gonna get a whole lot more than they bargained for. I know that y'all might have more info on me than ya rightly should, but that doesn't mean ya can underestimate me, or all the other people that've been brought here, neither. Your Lady Kalki is free to make all the freaky magic robots of us she wants. It ain't a substitute for the real thing.

[He purposefully leaves out calling them "Heroes", since they probably didn't buy into that whole thing.]

Yer Empire might want a war, but all we want is a way home.