He hit the ground too, but started to get up almost immediately. He put a hand on Sandy to pull himself up, not quite parsing yet that she'd turned to stone, and wasn't merely some bit of statue that had been pushed off its base. He'd only gotten to his knees when Pruna's shotgun came down. She got him in the side of the head, and he saw stars for a moment. The room swam, and his hands were still on Sandy as he needed a second to recollect himself from that.