"If you don't leave, he will die. I can make you a nothlit. Any earth animal you want. I doubt you'd go running back to Visser Five, though, since he'd be really ticked that you lost your Gryphon. Also, you'd be useless for breaking hosts without being a Yeerk."
"I'll have my hand on his ear to help you out. If he rips my arm off to kill you, I'll sell off his precious sword. You can choose to definitely die painfully, or you can choose to possibly live a full life as any Earth animal you want. Your choice."
((At the moment I'm tempted to have Cody double cross Kressillet. Kill him as soon as he's out, then coldly state that he was lying. It would introduce a darker side to him. Like he's stated, this war is his main purpose in life. He has the potential to go to the dark side. I may or may not do this, though.))