The strike to the shoulder would have reminded him of the time before when the same tribute had hit him the same way, but he was thrown off balance and too disoriented to realize it. Again Tate found himself stumbling to get away, crawling even. All he had to do was get away from these tributes and survive this and he would cross this one off as successful. He had done as planned, caused some damaged and with all his strength his made his feet move as he continued with his retreat.