[ um excuse please don't make Allen into some kind of weird fountain loiterer??? But it's true that his stomach just made an embarrassing noise, so Allen colors a bit, but decides to go for honesty if only to salvage this sad situation. ]

It's been a few hours. [ Allen admits, as if a few hours is totally a long while for him. ] They were selling drinks back at the beach I woke up in, but... I think most of them were inedible.

[ he's not eating anything with pain in it, he gets enough of that in real life. but wait, this isn't the point. Allen bows his head in apology. ]

But that isn't important...! [ no, it's really important. ] I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you for that, really. I just wanted to ask you for directions to the apartments. If you aren't busy!

[ allen's lost and he's going to get hit by a car by this rate probably since he'll never get un-lost on his own ]