The air is forced out of your lungs as you hit the wall. You recover quickly. Just before he's about to slam into you, using his tentacles to hoist him to you, but you swiftly lift your leg to kick him in the abdomen. He chokes out some blood and scowls.

All this over a mere disagreement.

His shadow swiftly snakes along the surrounding surfaces and wraps firmly around your ankle, yanking you again into a different wall.

However, Alastor pants and slowly walks over to you without any hostility. "Look... I don't want to fight anymore. It's pointless. Let's figure this out," he sighs, sounding a lot less like his usual performative self.