Or at least recover quickly enough -- that at least he can do.

And he quickly tries to clear enough room to make this a more proper fight rather than a simple fisticuffs brawl between brothers, (why did that idea come to mind?) and he aims a hard low kick for Sabo's knees to sweep him or just plain flatten him all over again.

Because...

"Fuck you, that's why."

That wouldn't make sense if the guy couldn't read his mind. And he didn't know why he would even think he could. Just a weird gut feeling.

Unimportant?