[Ales freezes the moment Gaara removes his crystal, having a sinking feeling that something terrible was about to happen. It's too late for him to brace himself, and he's knocked over by the force. Surprisingly, it wasn't strong enough to hurt him, yet he feels like something terrible happened.

He picks himself up and prepares to brush himself off and readjust his clothing.] I hope so, yet I feel like it's probably poisoned us, or activated some trap, or- [He stops. Where are his Scholar robes? The Teensie spins around in place, checking if, however unlikely, the blast threw them off his body. But the only things surrounding him are a few scraps of metal and artifacts that fell out of his pockets.]

Did that thing just burn off my clothes? [Fortunately, he still has the unstylish Blacksmith overalls on him.]