Vesper used a bit of ginga to have his movements throw off the thugs' aim more. Even with his movement and the smoke, a couple bullets hit his armor. They did not penetrate, but the shots made him stumbled. He ducked down an alley and wheezed.

Damn. Those hurt.

He stumbled down the alley a bit before partially extending his wings to get the wing pack's jets started. Vesper wrapped himself in a bubble of silence and rose from the ground. When he was in enough space to extend his wings and get out of there, he did that.