Xavier knew what he was doing the entire time. Auzs plan had simply fallen short as Xavier added tension to the blade. The force of the pull had been precise, a near perfect match to the force Auz had created. It matched Auzs to perfection for only an instant, slowing the pull drastically before Xavier released the tension slightly. Xavier had been very careful not to add anything extra to his pull. This would have simply caused Auz to stop, as the momentum of his tug was slowly cancelled out by Xaviers. It was an intentonally slow and gentle action executed with the express purpose of extinguishing the momentum and removing the inertia the two could have created. As stated Xavier pulled with the express intention of preventing Auz from gaining or losing an inch.

The spike coming from the blood had not been created as fast as originally intended. Xavier had been waiting until Auzs foot was on the blood puddle as well. Auz had slowed himself so that the previous actions could be taken. This meant Xaviers blood spike was not created until after Auzs attack, when Auz would try to leap over the puddle. This meant that the spike had not yet decided a target until [i]after[/i] Auz had gotten his weapon stuck on Xaviers arm. Around this moment would be when the spike attacked, just a moment befor Auz pulled on his weapon.

Combined it would bring about a different situation: One in which Auzs blade and Xaviers arm created no excess inertia as the plan had been. Ontop of this the spike was not as off target as Auz was hoping. It had been created [i]after [/i] Auz attacked Xavier. This would mean that Auzs taint would still be the intended target. Afterall, Auz had elected to NOT jump over the blood spike. Putting him still in a perfect position of anal death.