Hale closes his eyes as he listend to Hannibal's words, knowing they were true, as unfortunate as that was. Each step he took back, Hale made a small hop of about half the same distance until his back was against the wall of the arena, gritting his teeth as he sees him begin to turn, his head tilted a bit in confusion as Hannibal collapses, though he remains in his defensive posture, refusing to be caught off-guard if it were a trick.