oh cool he can teleport now
why not just carry him out of the way instead of stopping right behind him and pushing
did you want coolness points for tanking the hit
judging by the fact that the author likes to overexplain but didnt say he intentionally got himself hurt in front of him so that he trusts him more or whatever, probably just a dumbass mistake
i mean he did say and show that he trusts him more now, normally would be a hint that tanking the hit made him seem more trustworthy, but again, overexplainer didnt overexplain so probably not
could've just both dodged it and gotten the same results