[ It's not like he'd been foolhardy enough to volunteer for the real dangerous shit going down in this place. Gen had ended up in Alenroux because he'd been curiously keeping an eye on Atsumu, knowing the other was also just a student; he'd probably seemed somewhat distracted each time Howl had spotted him earlier, mostly because he'd been surreptitiously watching the other teen's movements. But they'd gotten separated at some point admist all the rising activity, and as Gen casts about at his surroundings in search of that head of bleached-blonde hair --

he jumps visibly when that enormous black shadow lands on the grass near him. ]

-- what's your fucking problem?!

[ Like any youth annoyed and embarrassed at being caught off-guard, Gen bristles as a knee-jerk response, canine ears flattened back into his hair, before settling down with a grumble. His hand had reflexively shot to his belt to grasp at his mace hanging there, but he drops it as he recognizes Howl for who he is. Right. That foppish magician guy. ]

I'm fine. [ So he says, but those ears swivel warily this way and that; he's clearly on-edge and wary about his surroundings, even as he fixes Howl with a grumpy look. ] S'just that anyone would be startled by someone looking like you falling out of the sky. [ Ergo, he wasn't scared by Howl's sudden appearance. No way. ] Is it your hobby, trying to jump-scare people?