...So Ankh was about to hurt him. His finger tightens a little more on the trigger. Was there any way out of this without killing him? He knew Ankh would have to die too, for their clocks to be removed. But did it have to be like this?

He doesn't have a lot of practice with guns, but after practicing in the grove earlier... he thinks he can do at least this much. Probably. He shifts his gun, aims for the gun in Ankh's hand, and fires, trying to knock it away.

It'll come back, but maybe that'll give him time to escape.