Of course it won't solve it. But when people get randomly tossed, they tend to be surprised enough to refocus

[ Or - He giggles at the thought. ]

Or they get the wind knocked out of them and they can't talk, which if you can't talk, you can't fight.

[ He brushed his fingers over the side of Kaeya's head, thumb brushing over that eyepatch again. He wonders if it's comfortable. He wonders a lot about this eyepatch, but he's trying not to push too hard right now so he doesn't ask, even if he wants to. He'll continue brushing his fingers through Kaeya's hair and then -- ]

Let me braid your hair sometime.