The swift kick takes John by surprise and he tumbles to to ground. After landing hard in a somewhat seated position John jerks his wrist, determined to bring them both on an even level. As Marcus too falls, John lunges forward and throws the full extent of his admittedly light body weight forward. He's hoping for a tackle, but being tied at the wrists has brought about an added wrinkle that John hadn't fully considered.

This wouldn't be the first time that John has instigated a fight. It is also not the first that he has instigated and expected to lose. In this instance every provocation stems from curiosity. Marcus is a wealth of contradictions: an ex priest who still has faith, someone itching for a fight when not too long before he was willing to give counsel. John is almost unsure of which of it a real, but he's certain that at least a bit of it will reveal itself through broken skin.