Would that we could all be so decisive and successful in critical moments.

[Of course, it's better to not have to be decisive about saving one's own life to begin with.]

Was it magic or other advances available in this land that helped you? If it's not too intrusive to ask.

[As they've just established, not his business. But he can't help but be curious, as a man who's seen too many die deaths that should have been avoidable and weren't.]