Damien’s expression was one of searching curiosity; for a moment he had been distracted as he spoke and that had allowed some buried thought to make its way to the surface without anything to impede it, but once there, the knowledge had both confused and slightly alarmed him.  He turned and looked a towards Ally; as he did so caught sight of the clock hung on the back wall.  His eyes went wide; was that really the time; all of a sudden he was a flurry of ill coordinated movements, clouded with panic as he tried to do a hundred things at once.<br/><br/>He made a grab for his jacket, the weight in the inside pocket swinging against the table leg; Damien winced at the unheard cursing;<em>Sorry!</em>he said in general.  He fished his hand into his pocket and placed his dice on the table as pay… wait; he pocket the dice and fished in the other pocket and this time successfully produced a few coins, he paused and looked over them; he didn’t recognise them but they seemed very old and he had a lot of them; the one side depicting some wizened old man in a headress.  They clattered against the plate as he moved from the table.<br/><br/>He had completely forgotten that the chocolate toad was still tethered to his finger and currently trying to weather the storm of Damien’s hurry.  “So so..so..sorry;  I j..j..j..just real..lised the t..t..time; I am g..g..oing to be so l..late.” he flashed a brief but genuine smile towards Ally as he make a sharp turn to the door; the toad just managing to bound after him as the door shut.  As the door shut Damien was almost pulled from his feet; the tail of his coat having gotten caught in it.  He went red faced and grinned as he opened the door a little and pulled his coat free before running up the street.<br/>