During his escape, motivated much like Al, by that primal flight or fight instinct,  he found someone bumping into him; that very same woman. Part of him twitched and thought of striking out at her, fearing he was being attacked by something else; but the part of him that was in control recognized her as just another potentially innocent person caught up in this bullshit.<br/><br/>She might be grasping at his jacket to keep herself standing up, but she gets something arguably better; Leof physically stabilizing her position, and letting her move past him.  Some might see it as a rather white knight-ish thing for the man to do, but his motivations weren't so; even if it'd been another man, he'd have encouraged them to escape. It's Leof's nature to want to protect others before himself...even if what he was doing right now was selfish and horrible by his own standards. Standards he's failed to live up to tonight, and which will not go away any time soon.<br/><br/>"Keep going!" he'd encourage her, not that she was likely to need it; it was just that damned anxiety, that panic, that was calling the shots right now; a feeling he was trying to beat down and into submission, even as he turned tail and fled.