Thankfully the man's reflexes are great. Because Nill did turn that corner rather last-minute, and it would have been so easy to miss that and accidentally run on by himself.. but Daniel does manage to move himself around the corner at the last possible moment too, similarly trying to press his back against the wall.

But he doesn't move further back. Yes, he's hiding around the corner, but he's saying relatively near the front of it.

The reason for that becomes obvious when he gestures at Nill for her to just stay there. To stay behind him like that. Daniel hopes the hiding plan works and they can both make it through okay, but if the monster has to spot one of them, then Daniel sure is going to make sure it's him, and not Nill. His form is large enough to cover the girl from sight as they stand there pressed against the wall next to each other, he thinks.

Hopefully it won't spot either of them though. They'll have to wait and see what it does--

.. especially when the sound of footsteps starts to sound through the hallway they just left, growing closer and closer by the moment.