Alright, so we're at a situation where we both need a little luck. It's practically a coin flip on Blithe's reaction of, "would I accidentally breath in from surprise". Meanwhile, pine trees are not exactly the most suited to jumping from one to another. They tend to have a phalanx of pine needles pointed out in most directions, and their branches get small rather quickly away from the center.

During the opening exchanges of a good-natured fight, it's generally assumed that both fighters can be a little lucky, just to keep things going so it's not, "Well, in all honesty, because you shot a bow at me while we were talking and I'm not a superhero, I have a pretty decent chance of dying right there, regardless of trying to duck for cover."