Or: Emil startles and moves back, looking briefly to the side to see if there's anything to grab, but no— no, he's down this alley with nothing but a crazy person and a knife for company, so this all went just as poorly as he imagined it would!!
But with nothing else to swing, Emil makes the next best split-second decision and swings a punch out at the side of Flat's head. The fact that he's holding a handful of knock out spell papers is just an added bonus, because he's literally forgotten about them in this moment.]
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Or: Emil startles and moves back, looking briefly to the side to see if there's anything to grab, but no— no, he's down this alley with nothing but a crazy person and a knife for company, so this all went just as poorly as he imagined it would!!
But with nothing else to swing, Emil makes the next best split-second decision and swings a punch out at the side of Flat's head. The fact that he's holding a handful of knock out spell papers is just an added bonus, because he's literally forgotten about them in this moment.]