[ the charge he was expecting; the thrown tool, not so much.
it catches him off guard enough that he steps back when it hits him, and then david follows up right behind it and nearly, nearly knocks evan flat on his back. he stumbles, managing to stop himself from sliding too far and falling - or hitting the trap not that much further down the hall - but in the process he drops the cleaver.
that would be worse if it didn't free up both hands to fight back with. he doesn't want to cut david up and kill him - that'd be too fast.
evan tries to get an arm around david's back before he can get away and hold him in place, shoulder at his chest, to let loose with a series of hits against david's kidneys with his other fist. ]
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it catches him off guard enough that he steps back when it hits him, and then david follows up right behind it and nearly, nearly knocks evan flat on his back. he stumbles, managing to stop himself from sliding too far and falling - or hitting the trap not that much further down the hall - but in the process he drops the cleaver.
that would be worse if it didn't free up both hands to fight back with. he doesn't want to cut david up and kill him - that'd be too fast.
evan tries to get an arm around david's back before he can get away and hold him in place, shoulder at his chest, to let loose with a series of hits against david's kidneys with his other fist. ]