[Quiet Man Cometh]

Syrgei regains his feet, but still hunched over slighly as the bandit wielding the sledgehammer, bolstered by his hit, advances on him.

He holds up a hand, palm towards the bandits. "One moment...*gasp*...just...*cough*...give me a second here."

Drawn by his confidence, two more bandits flank their comrade, backing Syrgei towards the cavern wall. The thief straightens, finally regaining his full breath. "Okay, I'm better now."

All three attack at once.

Just as they bandits are about to converge on him, Syrgei leaps from the wall and over their heads, twirling as he does so and lashing out with his single dagger to bite at them. Instinctively following his opponent, one bandit, now sporting a bloody side, turns sideways and into the business end of the sledgehammer the other was wielding as he then turns in the oppotsite direction.

Syrgei lands with a crouch and retrieves his other dagger.