"You," he says defiantly and confidently. "I am quick to the draw. Are you? I am use to fighting under pressure. Are you?" He'll regret revealing this much later. Right now it doesn't matter.

Tyki is use to killing and when it came to his family he'd kill. He'll understand this later given how much emotion Strange is finally showing. Not to mention his way of surviving would be similar to how he survives the water tank in the Big Top.

"So she means that much to you, Mister Strange. Enough to kill."