<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Haibane</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I grinned at him as we walked, <strong>"You talk funny. <em>'Optimal'</em>. I'd never use a word like that. It's..."</strong> I tried to think of a complimentary way of saying he was different, <strong>"...it's not Japanese. I like it. It sounds funny too."</strong><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>He made a bit more eye contact as he listened to her now, testing to see just how much would be too much. While he was educated on how to proceed, it would seem there was some room for interpretation. Also, these did not seem all that.. upset of him and the other boys being here.<em>Maybe, just maybe, this really won't be so bad, after all..</em>he thought.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>"You're not Japanese are you? I can tell,"</strong> I said, smiling more, <strong>"Where are you from, and what brings you here?"</strong><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>He grinned a bit at that. Unless he had misunderstood, he figured she found his non-standard language use to be cute. "Well, learning to translate from quite a few languages, it seems I've picked up a few.. misplaced words." he said, then listening to her questions.  "As for where I'm from, I came here from Germany. Beautiful place, I have to say, though some of the sights I saw coming here were just as beautiful.." he said, "Why I'm here is simple: to study, to grow, to change. At least that's how<em>mein Vater</em>keeps telling me.." he said, his gaze, until that moment firm and steady, faltered as he looked at something else again.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>OOC: mein Vater = my father