That's how I would naturally play it too. But it defies the "new string on a downstroke" on the first note of the second four. You have to engineer a string change after a down, which I do by rolling my wrist a tiny bit. You can't really even see it from the front but it allows for a downstroke semi-escape. That's a new-ish thing for me. See the Steve Vai Crossroads lick for a look at that. I still warm up with that lick.