[Palaeno is a little slow on the uptake and doesn't quite make the connection to poison. Why should he? Nobody bothered to inform him just what it was that Kristoph did to earn the title of convicted criminal. Even so, he hears that warning loud and clear.
Kicking seems like a valid possibility, as does getting up, but both those options are snatched away the moment Matt descends on him. He can only think to clench his mouth shut- jaws, lips, all of it- so his assailant can't pull a fast one on him.
Both his arms are still free. That's good. It means he can try to claw at Matt's face. He'll have to do it blindly with the way his head is being forced back, but it's not really hard to miss a guy who's basically sitting in your lap.]
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Kicking seems like a valid possibility, as does getting up, but both those options are snatched away the moment Matt descends on him. He can only think to clench his mouth shut- jaws, lips, all of it- so his assailant can't pull a fast one on him.
Both his arms are still free. That's good. It means he can try to claw at Matt's face. He'll have to do it blindly with the way his head is being forced back, but it's not really hard to miss a guy who's basically sitting in your lap.]