This seems bad. Emerald's first instinct is to run, but he cools his head a bit, and looking around takes what he assumes is a rodbug. It's a large silver bug in the shape of a spoon. He then runs out the door and hides around the corner behind some barrels.
After a few more minutes the shopkeep returns, but flanked on two sides by guards. They enter the store, her through the back and them through the front.