[Even though the soldier hears and spots the suit before its initial attack, he has no reason to believe that it might be hostile; he gives it a glance before returning his attention to the closed district. Perhaps Stark has the same idea and plans to scope it out himself from a higher point of view. It would certainly be helpful.
But the soldier knows the sound of a projectile when he hears one, and he turns and sidesteps just in time to not be hit dead on. Unfortunately, there's only so far he can go in that short span of time. The explosion tosses him off the roof and into a window of the building next door.
Dazed, covered in glass, and temporarily deafened, he attempts to regain his bearings. He gets to his feet with a groan and leans through the hole that used to be a window without thinking, metal arm on the broken frame as he's still trying to comprehend the fact that he was just attacked.]
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But the soldier knows the sound of a projectile when he hears one, and he turns and sidesteps just in time to not be hit dead on. Unfortunately, there's only so far he can go in that short span of time. The explosion tosses him off the roof and into a window of the building next door.
Dazed, covered in glass, and temporarily deafened, he attempts to regain his bearings. He gets to his feet with a groan and leans through the hole that used to be a window without thinking, metal arm on the broken frame as he's still trying to comprehend the fact that he was just attacked.]