Okay, that looked a little more than painful, and Alphonse actually did blurt out an "Eew." He had to give the troll some points for effort.

As the troll started coming in his direction, Alphonse quickly glanced around in every direction before coming with an idea. Or one, at least, as the best thing right now would to keep a rather large moving target still.

It was times like this where alchemy was his best friend; he clapped his hands again and nearly slammed them into the ground for another transmutation. This time, a portion of the ground sprouted up like a very large snake near the troll, hopefully to wrap itself around its feet if it wasn't fast enough.