User blog comment:Josephyr/Why Sarah?/@comment-62.131.186.28-20131213145005

It did not seem like he made a choice, he had the gun pointed at Sara while he counted down and Oliver jumped in front of it. Perhaps if the gun was pointed at Shado he would have shielded her.

It was just a lose lose situation anyway. And Ivo was being sadistic.

I think there is some other stuff that made Slade pissed of on Oliver.