Even with more time to react, Cragen doesn't get his arm up to block the punch in time. The second impact not only makes something in his jaw audibly shift, but causes the mask on that side to slough off entirely. With the weight of the prosthetic's material, the rest probably won't be far behind after he lands flat back on the ground with a curse.
It's at this point other building employees turn up to try and manage the situation, though whether Johnny called them or they've come on their own is unclear.
But Crabb stays sprawled there on the ground, completely stunned with her head throbbing from the strike, mind suddenly racing. The sudden flip from kind, sweet, gentle Tom to Cragen hitting her is enough to give a person whiplash, and she's suddenly far more aware of the watching eyes of all the swells around them than she was before.
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Even with more time to react, Cragen doesn't get his arm up to block the punch in time. The second impact not only makes something in his jaw audibly shift, but causes the mask on that side to slough off entirely. With the weight of the prosthetic's material, the rest probably won't be far behind after he lands flat back on the ground with a curse.
It's at this point other building employees turn up to try and manage the situation, though whether Johnny called them or they've come on their own is unclear.
But Crabb stays sprawled there on the ground, completely stunned with her head throbbing from the strike, mind suddenly racing. The sudden flip from kind, sweet, gentle Tom to Cragen hitting her is enough to give a person whiplash, and she's suddenly far more aware of the watching eyes of all the swells around them than she was before.