Vincent felt the remnants of the spell shatter. He hadn't known the target had two minds. One of them was like nothing he'd seen before, but the other, definitely human, as he'd suspected.

If anyone asked, he'd suspected.

He was just ready to put a shielding spell around it, when another mage, a young girl, did it first. He scowled, but tried to step in regardless.

"Of COURSE it's a person! Why do you think I tried controlling it instead of just attacking?" Vincent yelled in exaggerated frustration, moving himself between the force field and the line of fire. "Now stop shooting!" Energy crackled in his hand threateningly.