Michael has completely failed to understand the giant Aglagia's big thinky words, but he remembers she's the lie lady and he should ignore them anyway.
The magic tickles distract him, but he's still pretty mad about getting clawed, so he grabs at the pointy-thinky-lie man.
I understand the claw turned back into a hand, so I think the man's unarmed -- but I believe he gets an attack of opportunity anyway.