Alberto screams and just about jumps out of his skin, dropping his silly harpoon with a loud clatter, which makes it even more scary. Useless — what was he gonna do with it in the first place if he drops it so easily?! He spins around with wide, wild eyes fixed on her, even as he kneels to grasp at his harpoon blindly, hands clambering through his ghostly cloak and all the fishing net draped over himself... It takes him a short second to catch his breath, gazing up at her flabbergasted, and a slightly longer second to find his words, though it's clear in his tone that he's not mad, not actually scared, just... shook up a bit. Exactly as planned, eh? ]
Oh, my— Signora! You scared the scales off me! Oof...!
[ He sighs, deflating as he gets his bearings again, but gets himself right and stands straight again, puffing his chest up as he so often does. All show. Always, but, uh, especially now. He shoots her a funny look, raising a skeptical brow, but he can't disguise a small, crooked amused smirk, shaken as he is. It's about time someone gave Alberto a dose of his own medicine. She's just, uh, a lot better at it than him... ]
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Alberto screams and just about jumps out of his skin, dropping his silly harpoon with a loud clatter, which makes it even more scary. Useless — what was he gonna do with it in the first place if he drops it so easily?! He spins around with wide, wild eyes fixed on her, even as he kneels to grasp at his harpoon blindly, hands clambering through his ghostly cloak and all the fishing net draped over himself... It takes him a short second to catch his breath, gazing up at her flabbergasted, and a slightly longer second to find his words, though it's clear in his tone that he's not mad, not actually scared, just... shook up a bit. Exactly as planned, eh? ]
Oh, my— Signora! You scared the scales off me! Oof...!
[ He sighs, deflating as he gets his bearings again, but gets himself right and stands straight again, puffing his chest up as he so often does. All show. Always, but, uh, especially now. He shoots her a funny look, raising a skeptical brow, but he can't disguise a small, crooked amused smirk, shaken as he is. It's about time someone gave Alberto a dose of his own medicine. She's just, uh, a lot better at it than him... ]