Two schools.....
1. Below VR reject regardless.
2. 0 to xkts, stop for everything. xKts to the mark, stop for fires and failures. VR and above, take the problem into the air.
My reading, this falls into both camps. The aircraft was below reject. It then had a control function failure.
Chuck walked away. What's more, used the aeroplane again. Bonus.
As an aside, I try not to do anything stupid slowly either.