Varian tries to keep his eyes on both of them at same time, not easy with the way they're circling him. He's realising if they attack him, he's in a lot of trouble. He feels the ground beneath his feet- trying to focus on his ice powers- if nothing else he can make the ground sheer ice, if he needs to. He might be able to get a few fireballs off too before they utterly rip him to pieces. He'd really rather they not, though.

He tries to focus on Luz- on their emotional bond. He tries to find calm, to try and get her to feel the same. He can't do a lot about Luca but he seems to be feeding off her - maybe he can do a two-fer.

"C'mon. You didn't let me run around like this, I can't let you do it either. Think you two, think who you are, do you really want to do this? Really? Deep down? You both know you're better than this. Whatever it is that's caused it, we'll figure it out, okay? Together. But not-not like this."