Alec was in the process of talking to the chef through a shrimp in his hand in a French accent, waving it around as he spoke about butter and flavouring and delicious. When he heard Pike's voice, he turned and sent a smile her way. He could come back to this at some point.

He abandoned the shrimp on the chef's shoulder, to which the chef did nothing about, and made his way over to where the Gnome was standing. "It'd be too much to hope that by dough you mean money, right?"