Doppio's face rapidly snapped between dazed and sharply focused, his lips somehow forming strange chirps and perfectly normal speech in quick succession of each other.

"And I just buried it all the way at the bottom...!" Torururu! He tugged out a phone--or rather, the head of the receiver of one. When it was fully revealed, the end of a wire was dangling from it and attached to absolutely nothing.

"Hello? Yes, Doppio speaking...ah, Boss. Sorry, I haven't finished my report yet...huh? No, sorry, just give me a little more time and I'll catch a taxi. I got sidetracked. ...By what? Well..." He glanced sideways at Max. "No, it's not important. I'm sorry."