How about he goes after an old soldier instead because that's the one he really wants to dig his talons into HIGH ON HIS LIST so on and so fourth.

Winston may be second, he's not that fast.

Gotta do something with that destructive energy. No being heroes, heroes only get used and wrung dry of every single hope and want to do good until they're no longer useful and fade into obscurity. Don't be a hero. Boyscouts are okay.