What?! Did they really get started so close to each other and did they really already find each other? Raln almost didn't believe his ears and eyes at first, but it became clear that his opponent was already this close to him and was failing quite considerably to stay hidden. Raln managed to keep a straight face long enough to turn his head briefly and let out a look of disbelief in his facial expression before putting on a default look again and turning back, pretending not to notice the man crawling around over there. Hopefully his opponent would still think he didn't know and would falsely believe he still had the element of surprise on his side. If Raln could no longer get that luxury then perhaps tricking his opponent into thinking he had it was the only redeeming factor, if it even managed to pay off. If not then things might quickly devolve into a straight fight. If his opponent was laying down then he was in a worse position, so if Raln did manage to sneak an attack in while he was still in that state then he could possibly win quickly. Too bad his magical attacks would need proper charge time. In that case...

Raln turned in place to block his right side from view. Letting out a fake cough into his left fist, his right hand discretely grasped onto the handle of one of his daggers on his belt and pulled it out of it's sheath. Hopefully his cough would cover up the sound. With that he made the swift motion to fling the dagger at the man's head, looking directly at him for the first time.