A little warning could have helped. The suddenness of the spell was almost enough for Gerome to drop the chunk back on the person, but he at least had the presence of mind to twist himself and toss the heavy slap of stone and mortar away.

Then he stepped to the side, removing some of the smaller rocks and allowing the other male, the one who had spooked him with the spell, deal with the fallen Terran. Gerome... was not exactly a people person. He had no idea how to handle it other than to demand they get up and out of the way now they'd been healed. And even he knew that would have been rude to say...