[Croix can't - by the time he realizes what's going on, he doesn't have long enough to get out of the way. He quickly pulls out his lance and uses the broad side as a shield, which works plenty well on later incoming bullets, but he wasn't fast enough to completely avoid getting hit. He takes a pair of bullets to his left shoulder blade.
His armor is certainly thick enough to help against the impact, but not quite enough. When the rebounding ceases, he puts his lance away and grips the wound, hissing a little and wincing from the pain.]
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His armor is certainly thick enough to help against the impact, but not quite enough. When the rebounding ceases, he puts his lance away and grips the wound, hissing a little and wincing from the pain.]
Dammit! What the hell kind of glass is that?!