Because I couldn't have been sure it would work - he was injured already, he wouldn't have been able to move very fast. I just had to be sure he would be able to get away, whatever...

[His voice comes dangerously close to choking off there, but he forces himself to keep talking, doesn't let himself move his free hand to his stomach as if to check and make sure that the wound is really gone. He knows how to keep his voice steady, how to avoid telegraphing his thoughts.]

Whatever happened.