The Soldier's knife makes a gash across the face of the nearest hound, but the thing's still up and snapping. Being kicked away doesn't keep them back for long as the pair of remaining beasts splits up and comes at him from two sides. Whatever their ultimate goal, these things seem to know how to work together quite well without so much as communicating.

Meanwhile, the other three hounds who've mostly stayed out of it are suddenly finding themselves on unstable ground. Once again, the hound with the feather-knife in its shoulder seems to take one for the team; or for the green-eyed one, at least. The one with glowing eyes uses the injured one as a launch pad to jump clear of the quicksand, forcing it to sink to its belly in the process. The third beast only has its paws caught, but it's still stuck.

The green-eyed dog, once safe from the obstacle, opens its mouth once more for a holy water attack. Once again, if any of it touches the demon, it sure will burn like it's dissolving him— but from the Soldier's point of view, nothing will be wrong. To anyone outside of Crowley's head, it's just plain water, and he'll be physically unharmed.