The combination of being safely far enough away from the damage and the new order, handler or not, does bring the Soldier to a stop. Scarlett gets set down-- carefully, even, and then patted down automatically for additional injuries. "Are you all right."

It's got a cut on its cheek from a sliver of flying wood, and a splinter in the back of its flesh hand, but mostly it's intact. Leaping from the sinking ferry did do a little good, apparently.