"I only trip on things when I'm drunk, and I haven't even had a drop today." He protests, bounding a few paces ahead of her happily, then resuming the steadier pace.

"Well, I've gone by Balth, Bal, and Balthy. I had someone call me Ballzy for a bit but I tried to discourage it. If you call me Bal-Bal I'm nicknaming you Whiskers."

Yeah, that's a threat.