You'll die too, idiot! I'm the time player! I have to stop what will happen before--! Before!

[He's jerked and stumbles hard but then lets go abruptly. He's got quite a few harpoons stored, after all.

But the stumble does cost time, so he won't have time for a counterattack. He only falls into a reasonably decent defensive stance, already looking to retreat to higher ground where he can attack at his leisure.]