The gold eyes and green stripes barely register--he's seen weirder, and she's trying to help him.

Even if he's running for his life, the slingshot attack gave him an idea. "Try to use our surroundings! Maybe aiming at something else would be more effective!" He's good at seeing potential angles in a crisis, even if he's not sure how much longer he can keep running. Knock something over onto the monster, create a diversion...there's got to be something else they can do long enough to get away.