The demon doesn't even blink, swatting the scabbard aside with its free hand. "Hmph. If that's your current best, I'm bored of you now." In a flash it rushes forwards faster than Brother Al's onlooking eyes can see, its blade halfway through Zato's side before any blood even gushes from the wound. Leaned in close, it whispers to Zato in his own voice. "You're going to bleed to death here, just as young Mary is once I strip her skin off her inch by inch. And there's not a thing you can do to stop me." As if to punctuate its sharp point it gives the blade a harsh twist, gripping it as it prepares to rip out his side along with it.