[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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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.