Belabored groan. His pride hurts more than anything else. Which is significant. He stays still on the ground this time. If he fell over again he might perish from shame. That's a lie if that was possible he would have done it months ago.

"Nothing's broken, honest, I know what that feels like. I'm just really, really bruised, probably... Uugh, what were you even trying to do, I thought you were a gun and knife guy? Arm guy? All purpose weapons master? Please distract me, I wanna think about anything else right now."

Being taken out by accident by a weapon used to hunt small game? This would never happen to Master Avan. Or Matoriv, or Elidibus, or any of the other cool guys he wants to be like.