Looking at the IC, there doesn't seem to be that much explicitly stated... Just that the mercenary attempted to circle around Salas while keeping the shield up, and later on that the "wind-speaker" and the large mercenary were still some ways off and the axe-wielding barbarian was headed towards the large mercenary, too. If sartorous/Ink Blood can come up with a good enough explanation as to what happened in between (Salas was injured, has only light weapons and Corbin is large and heavily armored ... being extra cautious there and opting to keep distance in the end wouldn't come off as too odd if Salas' personality permits it, especially with another coming to intercept the mercenary instead), I don't see why he couldn't continue playing the same character if he so desired?

- I am leaving now, but I'll probably have raised most questions in my mind (some of them unrelated to the current situation, but simply very persistent) by some point today evening and posted in the collab by 14:25 tomorrow. (Moving into the realm of oddly specific times here, but I will be leaving around then, and not returning before Sunday evening aside of the occasional check, and I will not be doing much else between returning today evening and that time aside of sleeping.)