When Coral had shown up and started assaulting Michelle, Gerald had in all honesty panicked. He had no idea what was attacking her, and when Coral did reveal herself he was honestly confused as to why she was attacking Michelle in the first place. However, that didn't stop him from reacting. Aiming Anwarter at their general direction, he fired off two shots, forming an ice bayonet before that one fell off in the wake of a second, before finally firing a red cartridge to launch the ice bayonet at Coral. While it didn't hit her, it did graze her, which provided the distraction necessary for Michelle to get away. 

Taking the moment to empty his chambers and reload with fresh rounds - now making his ammunition lineup Red-Red-Blue-Red-Blue - and headed over and picked up Artemis when an Arachnid, which somehow completely escaped his notice, nearly managed to grab Michelle and drag her into the chasm, with her only escaping bye shedding her cloak.

One job. He had [i]one job[/i] which he had [u][i]utterly and completely failed[/i][/u]. First, he let Coral ambush Michelle and now somehow a giant ass Grimm nearly managed to take her away. What the fuck was wrong with him? How the hell did he expect to be able to be a hunter if he couldn't even protect his one partner? That was now [i]twice[/i] that she had close calls when she should have had him to watch her back. 

Artemis in his hands, he quickly slung it over his shoulder. Making his way over to her, Gerald unslung Artemis and offered it to Michelle. His easygoing attitude, his casual demeanour and his confident front was completely gone. 

"Here." he said in a much more subdued voice than he had used previously, unwilling to look Michelle in the eye. For all he knew, he had been the most disappointing partner so far, letting her get attacked - twice - and being mostly helpless to do anything about it. He wouldn't have blamed her if she hated him at this point.