Yes, he should have seen it coming. They both should have seen it coming. Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20. As it was, even Reeve didn't foresee this, which meant of course that Dustin fell, and fell right onto Reeve. Who was not good enough to catch him. Which meant Reeve did serve to at least cushion his fall.

"Ow," Reeve groaned, his voice a bit off. made sense, he'd accidentally bit his tongue something fierce and he could taste a hint of blood in his mouth.