((From here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/464766.html?thread=37668478#t37668478).))
He should have expected this, but he'd allowed his worry for Qui-Gon and the boy, as well as his need to exhaust all other options, to distract him. Careless! he thought as he felt his body collide against the dirt.
Sanzo had made the first move without consulting him. He was acting solely on his need to protect the others, which meant the situation was spiraling out of control. So much for negotiations. Now it was a matter of self-defense on his part.
Obi-Wan didn't waste any time dwelling on all of that, though, choosing instead to focus on that split second as he sharply looked up at Sanzo, ready to make his next move.
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He should have expected this, but he'd allowed his worry for Qui-Gon and the boy, as well as his need to exhaust all other options, to distract him. Careless! he thought as he felt his body collide against the dirt.
Sanzo had made the first move without consulting him. He was acting solely on his need to protect the others, which meant the situation was spiraling out of control. So much for negotiations. Now it was a matter of self-defense on his part.
Obi-Wan didn't waste any time dwelling on all of that, though, choosing instead to focus on that split second as he sharply looked up at Sanzo, ready to make his next move.