I also kept wondering why he didn’t just fly out with his jet pack when they were surrounded by the electro-shield guys. Like, it was such an obvious choice it felt really dumb for him NOT to.
He wasn’t wearing his jetpack in the previous scene so it bugs me that the costume department put it on him for the outside scenes, when he doesn’t even use it in a necessary situation.
Perhaps he was afraid the blast would hurt Fennec but that’s a stretch.