Paladin wasn't paying a particularly large amount of attention to further threats as he first clambered onto the building then ran from rooftop to rooftop. His body
armor looked like he'd wandered through a butcher's shop that had caught on fire as it was caked with blood, dust, and ash. He was watching the group as they moved into the alley he'd marked.
This armored figure was Paladin the revolutionary, defender of the people, this was the man who'd just brought both sides to a halt in a what amounted to a massacre. He certainly looked considerably more menacing than his posters.