Well, I'm faster than you. And you're not hard to carry.

[ FACTS ARE FACTS!! It is the easiest way to avoid conflict, and they obviously don't understand why he'd wanna make anything harder on himself than he has to. Besides, they don't exactly trust that he'd be that great at facing off against someone with a huge sword and shield when he's half-way frostbitten, so they'd rather just control the situation themself. ]

What, would you rather I run off on my own and leave you there?