He hadn't gone far, maybe ten, fifteen minutes had passed when it happened. The pain was delayed... initially he was aware of a loud snapping noise, followed by something very cold grabbing onto his foot and calf.
He looked down, dimly registering the glint of steel before the pain hit.
He was lucky... maybe? Because the combination of sudden adrenaline and a shock of intense pain sent him to the ground in a dead faint.
Later when he woke, if he woke, he'd be mortified... for now he was blissfully unaware of everything around him.