Herriman didn't reply, instead preferring to not let Mifune finish speaking. If the situation a more conventionally sized ball and chain weapon, Herriman would've been slower on the draw, but since the chain on this one was so long, Herriman was already oriented towards Mifune by the time he had cut the chain. As soon as Mifune pinned it to the ground with his sword, the link he had impaled tightened around the blade, and Herriman lashed upwards and towards himself with the mutated muscles on his shoulder that allowed him to swing the whole thing, intent on pulling the blade up from the ground and into the air, hopefully with Mifune in tow.