Sorry about being so picky, but while I was reading it(Before the edit) it kinda sounded like my guy's an idiot :P He's been killing for a long time, and doesn't get surprised. I kept trying to run though my head all his responses should he be successfully thrown, and in each one he simply turned and sunk his blade in between some ribs and took out a lung. He wouldn't sit back and wait, his first response being to the physical, not the auditory from the prince :P