R4 fight delegating

Hale was starting to learn a thing or two about tactical retreating. So-called "conventional wisdom" said that you retreated from a fight you couldn't win. Hale had cleverly adapted the tactic of running from a fight to suit his own interests--running from a fight to find larger, better fights.

See, Hale understood Chuuya when he flew off. He really got to understanding that guy, even if he was a shrimp with baby arms and hippie hair. He knew Chuuya wasn't leaving because he was scared. He was ditching Steeljack while he was distracted, to go and settle accounts with that boss guy or whatever his name was (Hale wasn't listening).

The point was, it was more like he was delegating the fight to Fourze. This was his sign of trust in the kid. He'd seen him fight, they'd tussled with each other's foes, now he was passing off this badass knight battle to him. There were much bigger fish to fry than this.