It's a good thing that Alan dodges in the correct direction and not into the trajectory of the axe. When he hears it make a meaty thunk behind him, he quickly spins, nearly slipping on the snow as he sees a body fall to the ground.

...shit, he was actually right.

"That coming from you?" he all but growls, less disturbed than he frankly ought to be at seeing Scratch hit the man with an axe again.