[the pain was nothing new - it was certainly better than if he had been shot. Even while the shots come dangerously close to him, he only maintains his composure, takes aim at a particularly burly soldier lugging his heavy weapon with him, and fires away again. The probability that they'd be able to hit him from such a distance was pretty slim, after all. Unless they were lucky.]
They're on to me. Will try to take down a few more before repositioning.