As he waited for the door to open he suddenly hears something odd. Some bizarre yell, completely unintelligible and unlike anything Neh-tohon had heard before. A third something has just joined the fray. And by the gasp that followed the inhuman roar, it sounds like the big thug on the other side of the door was just surprised by the thing. His pause in his breath accompanied by the monster cry could only be the shock of an attack of some sort.
Realizing the brute must be distracted, Neh-tohon decided to change his strategy. Assuming the Masterful Spiral stance, he kicks the door with the full force of the attack traveling through the door into the thug behind it.
As the lumber strikes his victim with crash a wicked smile crosses Neh-tohon's face. The following grunt and return swing of the door suggested Neh-tohon contacted some bit of soft tissue covered by armor. Not a deadly strike but something to slow the thug down.
The smile is quickly ripped off Neh-tohon face as he hears the voice of the thug, but not it’s not a thug at all.
"Semael, is that you?"