Chase stared at the woman before, during, and for a little bit after she bent down to pick up her wallet. He wasn't being perverted, just contemplative.<span style="font-style: italic">Either she doesn't work here...</span>he thought,<span style="font-style: italic">or she does, and she doesn't want me in her store...</span><br/><br/>"You're not being very helpful," he said after a while, in a very pouty voice. Then after a moment, he registered her Australian accent. He switched to English and let his British accent show for the first time since... well since he last spoke in his first language. "Are you new here?" he asked in English. "Most people start sounding native Japanese after a while... I think," he added at the end. Then he started contemplating whether it happening to him was enough evidence to go on. He decided on yes.