Well. This isn't someone who needs his help. Signless's first instinct is to flee, but he knows logically that if he runs and Derek pursues he'll wind up in a corner or stumble straight into more Capitol troops. He's got to at least slow him down first. He may be a pacifist but non-lethal incapacitation is something he's allowed himself since coming to Panem.

All this he decides in the split second it takes for Derek to notice him and lunge. He takes a few stumbly steps backward and lifts the club he was given. It's a short, thick affair but if he can just get a good hit or two in --

The knife slashes across his raised arm and he hisses, unconsciously baring his fangs. Shit.