"I'd like to at least go into this looking as though we're not wanting for a fight." While Zulf isn't particularly certain just exactly what elephants or polar bears are, the first sounds like something intimidating just by the way they're talking about it.

"At the very least, it should give them pause even if they are feeling more nervous and inclined to pull a trigger." Considering their connection to one of the Pantheon, well, it's not a good thing to recklessly hurt a horse or bull. They'll at least need the time to aim properly so they're shooting at the rest of them and not Tobias. "All I need is a pause to start talking with them."