[Ohhh, yeah. He was waiting for something like that. He'd kind of hoped the situation would have distracted her enough from having her attention on whatever moves he was pulling out, but... well. That was probably a dumb thing to hope for. He kind of had to make sure they both were safe, which meant pulling all the stops (or at least some of them) and of course the "weird transfer student" would stand out for doing which flips and shit.

In an attempt to bring back the awkward kid act, he grins sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head like he has no idea what he did.]

I'm, uh, not sure you'd believe me even if I told you. [Maybe if he makes his job sound as absolutely absurd as possible, she won't buy it. That'd be the best outcome. He watches her jog past and runs after her.]

Say, where'd you get a gun like that? I can't imagine you can buy one of those in Nova City.