Admittedly it hadn't taken him too long to finish the hot tea considering that he apparently had the ability to swallow it quite straight without concern for the fact that it was of a relatively high temperature. It seemed that he was just able to drink it.<br/><br/>Exhaling gently, he started to look over toward her a second time. "I asked because of your accent, and because your Japanese is very good. Have you ever been back to Italy, then? I've never really been out of the country to be honest. I don't have a passport, which is annoying since I have some relatives who live in Taiwan."<br/><br/>Then, however, it seemed that the tone got rather serious and the other two spent some time talking in a language that he simply didn't understand. Eventually, Rebecca seemed to ask him a question about the Machine Warrior that was on television.<br/><br/>While he had never said anything that could have given away the fact that he was, indeed, the Machine Warrior that the television set had been talking about, he figured that his unusual appearance by showing up here and what they had been talking about had set off some red flags.<br/><br/>As a result, he did his best to not show any heavy emotions while he continued to speak about what it was that he was being asked.<br/><br/>Turning toward Rebecca, he shrugged a bit at the question about the Machine Warrior that had come up.<br/><br/>"I really don't know. I mean, the guy is basically a vigilante, so he's acting outside the boundaries of the law, but he seems to really want to clean up the streets in even the tough neighborhoods so I'm not sure. Is he even one person, or could he be more than one?"<br/><br/>With that having been said Shikake turned over back toward the television and paid attention to the remainder of the broadcast. "What do the two of you think of him? Is he a hero or just some kind of glorified street fighter?"<br/><br/>Honestly he wasn't sure if any of that was going to take the heat off of him, but he hadn't done anything to look nervous at all or otherwise signify the fact that he was actually somehow connected to what was going on.<br/><br/>"I'm finished. Are you ready to go then, or did you want to have another drink? If you were going to do anything physical over at the Waterfront, then maybe its best if you actually don't have anything more yourself anyway."<br/><br/>Shikake had then decided to add an addendum onto the end of that though, "Well, then again I'm a judoka, so of course I'm going to be all about health." He tilted his head as he continued to speak. "I assume that you're not much of a traditionalist, then? I personally study Judo like I said, so I try to live all the various principles that come with the study."<br/><br/>Judging by the way he was talking, he might not have been the Machine Warrior. Would someone like that involve themselves in violence? Then again, why would a traditional judoka want to go to an underground fight club either?