[@Takashi]

My bad, I meant that at impact, Talon pushes Daniel's left side back. As he does so, Daniel pulls his right arm back across his body, such that his own right shoulder is tilted towards Talon at roughly a 45 degree angle. My thought was that since Talon's right shoulder was angled to face Dan, a strike on the diagonal from left to right at the knight's perspective would  be coming at the base of Talon's neck.

Is that any more clear? I may have misjudged Talon's dimensions, lemme know if I should make any more edits for clarity.