Jake, from the very top of the climbing wall, where he'd been scaling across it, heard voices. He knew who they were from, and we're talking, voices from across the room. He looked over his shoulder and watched for a moment, before figuring he'd have a much better view from lower down.

With that, he leapt from the wall and stood down at the floor, watching the duel carefully.

See... now HE had an upperhand. He could see how Tate duelled and be ready... at least for one of these eventualities. As it was, he stood quietly and... well... watched.