Martel wheels in close to the hive-house - ants and infected civilians alike mill around it, and as he'd suggested earlier, the citizens in evidence weren't all human. They seemed disinclined to engage anyone, but it was clear enough that the hive was their priority, and that they wouldn't care for intervention.

"Here," he says, tersely, vaulting down smoothly and resisting the urge to draw his sword; he's going to need both hands for what he plans to do, and it's not a weapon terribly useful in a non-lethal capacity. When Kirk is down, too, he sends Kalten charging through to scatter them as an initial distraction before he starts moving toward the hive itself.