It can sound like cannibalism, or it can sound like a boss challenge.
"'The ingredient is in our people now hiring'... what does that mean?"
"Allow us to introduce ourselves!" *THREE HUMANS ENTER THE ARENA!*
You decided to try talking to them, but to no avail.
"If you want the ingredient, it's in us, the hirers!"
"Yeah, try defeating US, chump!"
"Or, we could hire you instead..."