[From his place on the ground he makes muffled little huffs and whines, like a distressed puppy, before taking Alice's hand]

Owowow... you couldn't at least let me finish first-?!

[The shopkeep just huffs at him as Zeroken rubs his face... suddenly noticing how Alice addressed him, turning red]

U-uhm, just Zeroken is fine... and yeah, I'm okay. Just a scratch-!