Always quick to react to anyone in danger Alfie spun around at the first sound of trouble – and promptly skimmed his ice cream across the shop in his haste. It got a fair height and splatted against a man’s back, fortunately he seemed far too distracted and Alfie was free to focus on the girl who needed assistance.

“Erm…” he looked around quickly but couldn’t find anything that constituted water and so settled for the next best thing. More ice cream. “This one is minty apparently,” he dug out a spoonful and held it out for her to eat, feeling rather like he was feeding a child. Or trying to force skelegrow down a reluctant patient’s gullet. “It’ll help.”