[Damn, he's in deep. Red Wine realises quite abruptly that this isn't going to stop until one of them harms the other, and Red Wine has never been a Food Soul who is made for defence. He would hate to admit it but when it comes to simple brute force, Steak is always going to outmatch him.]

We have a duty to protect our people!

[He's never truly thought of himself as one of them before until those words come out of his mouth. After spending months mentally holding himself apart from the other Mirrorbound through his sheer hatred of being here, it bursts out of him like a wild thing, his voice pitching up and cracking.]

Our people, Steak! The people these monsters have been torturing! [He grits his teeth and his grip goes white-knuckled on his sword.] You're better than this. I don't want to hurt you, but I will if I have to. And you'll thank me for it later.