Rinzler is a weapon. He always has been. Tron might have been something different (more), but the enforcer is not Tron, and it's more clear now than ever that he never will be.

He doesn't pursue as the user scrambles back, but its fear is more satisfying than any of its words. Certainly it's better than the hypotheticals that come next. If he's angry. If he didn't want their deaths. Rinzler's always angry, but that doesn't mean he wants this user's pity. It doesn't mean he would act differently, either. They attacked him. They deserved it.

Wrong.

What he wanted doesn't matter. And it never will.