[ He's trying to look for weak points to strike but even he's uncertain. Still, it's clear he refuses to do anything but continue to think about this out of sheer spite and stubbornness. ]

...Ugh, and even if it's not a glaring one, it's bound to be something we can exploit.

[ There's a pause. ]

The creature before us is some kind of wretched thing, so it could have some kind of holy weakness like what one of those books talked about.

[ Getting to the thing is the problem, though. ]