[Max reacts quickly, too. The hand doesn't make it far enough for Ash to need to stop it, given the haymaker to the back of his head was coming around the time the word 'back' left his mouth.
If he'd known the man was, or intended to try to grope, he probably wouldn't pause after the one slugging hit to rub at his knuckles absently noting how long it'd been since they'd connected with something harder than a sandbag. He's starting to get mad after the fact, but the action came before the emotion fully gestated.]
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If he'd known the man was, or intended to try to grope, he probably wouldn't pause after the one slugging hit to rub at his knuckles absently noting how long it'd been since they'd connected with something harder than a sandbag. He's starting to get mad after the fact, but the action came before the emotion fully gestated.]