"Did you get hit in the head? That is the only logical solution to your foolish decisions."
"Ella, this is not foolish. all of you will live while I at the very least hold this thing off. Look at it! That demon is literally watching us like a butcher looking at what it will slaughter for the day. We are just toys for him."
Clark tried to make this logical. Make it clear to the group that he would face this threat alone. "None of you are in any shape to fight right now. Maria healed plenty of people earlier. I know she doesn't have the energy. Reese has been fighting beasts constantly. Jerold. I can see you hurt yourself retreating from the dungeon. The blood on your leg is showing."