Meyer, whose entire attention was focused on untying Ned, has now achieved his goal. With a nod at Ned, a nod that's obviously tinged with some kind of apology, although he doesn't quite seem to have the words to match the look of regret on his face, he pulls the ropes away. Normally, he might pat someone on the shoulder reassuringly, but he doesn't dare risk touching Ned again. That done, he turns to the fight, and immediately realizes things are going very poorly.

Charlie is obviously dazed, and River -- he assumes it's the girl he spoke to earlier that day, the girl who'd been turned into some kind of tree spirit -- seems to be winning the fight, or at least knocking him around pretty well. And if there's one thing he doesn't want to see happen, it's Charlie getting severely hurt, no matter how much he may deserve a punch or two for his ill-planned kidnapping.

Meyer's used to breaking up fights. It's something he learned from a young age, ever since he realized he didn't have as quick of a temper as many of his friends, ever since he realized he could hold his own in a fight, but could often avoid one altogether with logic. There's only one choice here, only one way to make sure he gets both of their attention, and quickly, so they don't kill each other. He knows murderous intent when he sees it, and he's pretty sure it's written all over Charlie's face.

So he stands swiftly, then physically places himself between the two combatants, one hand out to each side in the universal gesture for 'stop,' the look on his face determined, calm, not at all angry. "Everyone stop," he says, and his hand instinctively goes to Charlie's shoulder to stop him from taking any more steps forward. He doesn't touch River, doesn't know her well enough to assume that his touch will have a calming effect. "Everyone stop, take a deep breath, and calm down. We don't want to do this."

Then he turns to Charlie, eyes intent on him, hand still on his shoulder, and switches to speaking Italian for a moment. "Charlie, don't do this. We can all walk away from this if you calm down. This isn't what you really want, just like I didn't really want to bite Ned. Calm down and none of us will get any more hurt than we already are."

A deep breath, then he addresses the room as a whole, including Ned, who he hopes has somewhat recovered from his uncomfortable tied-up position. "This is all a horrible mistake -- but behaving this way and fighting each other is what our captors want, can't you see? They turn us into something terrible, they give us power we don't know how to handle, so of course we're going to take it out on each other. Let's not give anyone the satisfaction of seeing us unable to control ourselves."

In this case, he means Charlie and himself not being able to control their attacks, their apparent desire for kidnapping, but it's better to leave the statement vague, not wanting to anger Charlie further by calling him out publicly. He sighs and continues. "River, you were only doing what a friend would do at seeing someone they cared about in danger, but I'm officially declaring this fight over. Ned, you got dragged into something you shouldn't have, and you're free to go now. Charlie, I understand that you didn't intend for this to go the way it did, but I need you to take a step back and calm down. Nobody's killing anybody. This isn't getting any worse than it already has."

And he'll stand right in between the two of them until they give up the fight and Ned escapes the house. If they want to keep fighting, they can tear him apart, but he's had it up to here with this whole day, and he's done.