The kiss surprised him. Sentimental wasn't initially a word he would have used to describe her, but that moment told him more about her than anything else had up to that point. He squirreled away those thoughts, deciding they wouldn't really be important, since she was about to die a grizzly death. He heard her struggling around, and the shots she fired. Arc clawed his way to a standing position, ignoring the nearly blinding pain as he collected the firearm she'd lent him and climbed up to the would-be window. Watching her fight for her life made him wonder why she would sacrifice herself for him. Perhaps it was penance for her sister's death, and her belief that she was somehow responsible for it. Either way, he was almost certain that she'd be going to meet her soon enough.<br/><br/>Or... not.<br/><br/>Much to his surprise, not only was she staying alive, she was winning. Down went one beast, then, after a harrowing struggle, the other. "Damn fool girl..." Arc mumbled under his breath, but even after she sauntered her way back to the shed, he found himself far more relieved that he she was alive than he would have been with his own survival. "You have got to be one of the most stubborn people I have ever met in my entire life. I can't figure out if you're lucky or blessed by God himself... but i'm grateful."<br/><br/>He stumbled his way toward her, ignoring the pain in his leg. Without a moment's warning, he wrapped his arms around her and embraced her tightly. "But don't you ever do a fool thing like that again, you hear me? You're too important to me now."