itachi begins adding the little green dumplings to the boiling water carefully, lowering them in with a slotted spoon. as they begin to cook, he busies himself with setting up an ice bath to submerge them in afterwards so they stay tender. ๏ผ
Uchiha Itachi. ๏ผ he offers finally. it's one of a handful of times he has said his surname aloud, done so now only because this man is from a like culture and he does not need to specify which is the first or second of them. ๏ผ
[His eyes flick over to Itachi as he begins to sculpt from the bowl, but doesn't react in any other way. Still, the affirmation isn't lost on him, and he finds himself switching from speaking in English to Japanese. Itachi might not even notice a difference with the translation function, but on Kazuma's end, it's comforting.]
So why dango? It isn't as though there are flowers to eat it under. [Not real ones, anyway.]
๏ผ lmao expecting this momentous overachieving perfectionist nerd not to notice? for shame. of course he notices, that slight sideways step into the familiar. itachi always speaks in japanese unless he is practicing one of the other languages he has troubled himself about learning since his arrival — his linguistic nuance a dichotomy between unfailingly polite and coldly rude. ๏ผ
I happen to enjoy it.
๏ผ look, he's got a sweet tooth. ๏ผ
If it's flowers you're concerned with, there is a simulation program that is set in an area I understand to be Japan in the springtime. Kyoto, I believe.
๏ผ 'i understand to be japan'. it's strange to have a kinship with a place he isn't from and has never seen — it's only by being here that other people have denoted his language as being japanese. but the food, the clothing, the culture he has learned of are all achingly familiar, and he has decided that the word used to describe it matters considerably less than his own feelings towards anything that resembles his home. ๏ผ
[Now that's very interesting, considering the language they share. Kazuma pauses his kneading to turn and look at Itachi, frowning.]
You "understand" to be Japan? Are you not from there yourself?
[He's aware not everybody on the station is from Earth, of course, but these are far too specific commonalities they share. Kazuma would have assumed Itachi had been born there.]
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๏ผ stone cold, man.
itachi begins adding the little green dumplings to the boiling water carefully, lowering them in with a slotted spoon. as they begin to cook, he busies himself with setting up an ice bath to submerge them in afterwards so they stay tender. ๏ผ
Uchiha Itachi. ๏ผ he offers finally. it's one of a handful of times he has said his surname aloud, done so now only because this man is from a like culture and he does not need to specify which is the first or second of them. ๏ผ
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[His eyes flick over to Itachi as he begins to sculpt from the bowl, but doesn't react in any other way. Still, the affirmation isn't lost on him, and he finds himself switching from speaking in English to Japanese. Itachi might not even notice a difference with the translation function, but on Kazuma's end, it's comforting.]
So why dango? It isn't as though there are flowers to eat it under. [Not real ones, anyway.]
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I happen to enjoy it.
๏ผ look, he's got a sweet tooth. ๏ผ
If it's flowers you're concerned with, there is a simulation program that is set in an area I understand to be Japan in the springtime. Kyoto, I believe.
๏ผ 'i understand to be japan'. it's strange to have a kinship with a place he isn't from and has never seen — it's only by being here that other people have denoted his language as being japanese. but the food, the clothing, the culture he has learned of are all achingly familiar, and he has decided that the word used to describe it matters considerably less than his own feelings towards anything that resembles his home. ๏ผ
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You "understand" to be Japan? Are you not from there yourself?
[He's aware not everybody on the station is from Earth, of course, but these are far too specific commonalities they share. Kazuma would have assumed Itachi had been born there.]
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( the way he says it is respectful — but there is a deeper, older affection there than that alone. )
It seems to share both a language and culture with the Japan of Earth, but it is not wholly similar.