Thomas swung his Asp recklessly at the first Restless to grab him, hoping he could knock it away. He knew he was fighting a losing battle, and that now was the time to take the cowards way out. Thomas knew that it was the right call, but he had never been a coward, so he continued to try and fight off the remaining Restless with his Asp and also used his pistol to pistol whip them, hoping it would buy him some time. He decided that once the gate was high enough he would simply fall to the ground and crawl under it, because there was no way in hell he was waiting for it to go all the way up, he didn't have that kind of time.