Good, good. Ales kept telling himself. It looked like his party members had some sort of formation going on, thanks to Lady Ashe's commands. He edged closers towards the battlefield as the smaller monsters were being defeated, hoping to help out in some way.

Right then, he saw Cloud throw a ball of fire right at Luffy. Was he aiming at a bulb? No, he was actually aiming at him!

"What are you doing?!" He managed to get out, but not before it hit Luffy's hand.