It's a good thing the best lancers, the ones that are promoted to Sentinels, develop some very strong senses about what's happening around them. (It comes with a few trade-offs for some, like not knowing how to turn that off or down, but that's not important right now.) It's kept her alive in the past, and it keeps her from taking the full-brunt of the attack now, as she manages to turn just enough to catch the attack on the long shield in her right hand. A small grunt escapes as it connects, but she takes the force with ease, and shoves back, looking to push him off-balance.

Of course, needing to turn so quickly while she had been holding that lance might cause more pain for the soldier on the floor, as it moves the halberd in the wound even as she loosens her grip on it to make that turn easier. Sorry, she isn't trying to cause more pain like that!

Back on Link's end, the soldier on the floor is struggling to get up, and the one with the spear is a little unnerved by that scream and crunch, to say the least. At least shaken enough that her trying to menace Link isn't going too well, her attempted thrust of her spear towards him being a bit wobbly.