Well. he [i]was[/i] ready to lose a hand, and since his arm was already near Fury's. Kanitah forced his hand against the open palm of Fury's right hand, in an attempt to absorb the majority of the blast with his hand instead of his body. By 'forced his hand' I mean, he was open palm slapping into Fury's hand with every pound of force that he can manage. Regardless of whether or not it actually landed, it served the purpose of sparing Kanitah a hole through his face. As his hand matched the blast, Kanitah was blown away from Fury. 

A dozen or so feet to the left Kanitah landed on his side, still facing Fury through some strange chance of fate. Not wanting to look at what might have been a stump of an arm, Kanitah flexed his fingers. Intense pain rushed up his arm and caused him to writhe slightly, but there was a bit of happiness. He still had his hand, though he might lose a finger to infection. Three of his fingers are definitely broken, and at least two of the bones in his palm.
 
Kanitah lay there, letting the pain tell him where he was hurt. Turned out that he had second degree superficial burns running up the entire left hand side of his torso, which was nice. Those are the ones that hurt the most, but are technically the least harmful. 

Alive? Check.

In one piece? Check.

In pain? Big check.

It was really starting to wear on him, how much stronger than him Fury was.