When Eric steps forward, a mix of anger or desperation flares up in Topher. It's less than a week since Adelle was killed in front of him -- even if it didn't really happen, it runs deep with him, and he is not seeing another of his friends hurt.

He's not even thinking as he quickly steps forward, snatching up the metal half of the lamp, not hearing what Eric says before he bonks him hard on the head -- not hard enough to knock him out, but definitely hard enough to give him something to think about -- before stepping back, wide-eyed at what he just did.