Alfred was still vaguely opposed to all of these interventions — still convinced that his death was inevitable and these things were just postponing it and prolonging this feeling he was suffering through at the moment. That being said, he wasn't going to argue with Zelda if she asked him to do something. Not that he would have really been capable of arguing with anyone about anything, anyway.

He tilted his head up just far enough to get the little vial down, and swallowed. Those two small actions — raising his head and swallowing — seemed to be about the limit of his strength at the moment, because his vision started swimming, and the dizziness came to the forefront of his mind with a rush, and he blacked out.