[He's had things--a lot of things--thrown at him before and so ducking his head and holding up his arms is automatic, although he's expecting to feel the knife at least hit if not cut him. Instead he hears it hit the wall and then drop to the floor, which he does as well shortly afterward, sinking to the ground in shock.
But she didn't hit him with the throw, and she definitely didn't stab him, and those are both good signs. It's not great that she'd resort to that level of threatening, but at least she didn't follow through.
Lance takes a moment just to gather his thoughts and try to break through the hazy feeling of shock that always settles over him after a close call, and also to try to figure out what to do next. He called her bluff and she didn't actually hurt him, so this is an opening to really get through to her, but everything else in him is telling him not to provoke someone dangerous; be thankful to be alive and just leave her to whatever fate she's so dead set on running into.
He can't make a decision yet, shaken, and instead just watches Maketh for a moment to see how she reacts to her own actions.]
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But she didn't hit him with the throw, and she definitely didn't stab him, and those are both good signs. It's not great that she'd resort to that level of threatening, but at least she didn't follow through.
Lance takes a moment just to gather his thoughts and try to break through the hazy feeling of shock that always settles over him after a close call, and also to try to figure out what to do next. He called her bluff and she didn't actually hurt him, so this is an opening to really get through to her, but everything else in him is telling him not to provoke someone dangerous; be thankful to be alive and just leave her to whatever fate she's so dead set on running into.
He can't make a decision yet, shaken, and instead just watches Maketh for a moment to see how she reacts to her own actions.]