Opening her mouth to offer some smart answer in response, she stopped when he dove at him, very literally hissing out a swear, albeit in her own language, and darted to one side. While it wasn't enough to keep him from hitting her, however, or to keep them both from going down again, it was, at least, enough to stop him from pinning her completely under his weight.

She'd deal with that in a moment, when she got her breath back.