You would.
[Kira's strikes are already paused - if not for the fist in his stomach, because Neil seems genuinely in pain. Which was kind of the point of punching him, yes, but there's something different in his tone that makes the young Coordinator pause-- until he's yanked backwards by an unseen assailant. For all of his skill and reflexes, he is just a skinny teen, after all.
He stumbles backwards, falling onto his rear on the sand.] That's-- I was trying to tell him-- [What WAS he doing?]