Tara pauses when the soldier notices her, her first instinct to turn and run rather than risk a confrontation with the still living soldier.  However, it's pretty clear that for the moment, he's in a bad way.  On the other hand, after he speaks, Tara now has a good idea how he got to be in such a bad way.  A wild boar?<br/><br/>She looks around for a moment, but she doesn't immediately see the boar.  After her brief pause, Tara decides that in case there is a boar, she'd rather have a sword and shield to face it down.  So she darts forward, looking to scoop up the equipment.