[ The carnival-goers around them aren't altogether shocked — between the alcohol and the drugs, this can't be the first tussle that's broken out. They scatter, some of them scared and some of them not wanting trouble, and it leaves the immediate space open.
Amos isn't fast enough to avoid the kick entirely. He tries to step out of it and still gets the scrape of rough soles and enough impact on his knee to be jarring. But he leans into the loss of balance to duck down, grabs hold of Kovac's shirt with his left hand; his weight's on it for a second, regaining some balance, then he tries to haul his shoulders up off the ground.
The right hook that follows isn't slow, but there's so much wind-up it's impossible not to see it coming. ]
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Amos isn't fast enough to avoid the kick entirely. He tries to step out of it and still gets the scrape of rough soles and enough impact on his knee to be jarring. But he leans into the loss of balance to duck down, grabs hold of Kovac's shirt with his left hand; his weight's on it for a second, regaining some balance, then he tries to haul his shoulders up off the ground.
The right hook that follows isn't slow, but there's so much wind-up it's impossible not to see it coming. ]