Spamming flee (and some commands after flee - like sneak, e.t.c.) is the best day to die to dudes who trip/lash/cranial/e.t.c. Typing flee twice (not seeing the result of the first flee attemp) won't help you to flee faster!

However imperial bards are so strong that even spamming this didn't kill you more than 2-3 times i'm sure :)