You gotta talk to vic, fight him again, then reynard, then you can fight and win, but i think the options after grab are random, but i remember doing writhe choke and thrust if im not mistaken
I've tried talking to every single NPC in the whole game, I don't know what I'm missing... Azkim just does a loop where he talks about needing to impress Sep, but Sep doesn't have anything to say to me, nor do Iron or Ran.