Here is Guts, very silent wallflower, observing this entire turn of events without lifting a single finger to stop them. The surprise wolf monster put him on a razor’s edge, but when it looked like she was splitting up the fight rather than trying to eat them alive, his nerves settled.

“He’d probably learn faster if you let ‘em sort it out,” he adds helpfully.

This is how he learned things as a nasty feral teenager with a sword. Clearly this is how you take care of things when the kids start fighting.