<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/de/Sara1.jpg)</div>Sara sighed as she looked down at Hoshino's bowed head.  While more knowledgeable about Japanese culture than most Westerners, there were times where she simply couldn't get what people meant when they tried to say something without actually saying it.  Reaching down, she enveloped her friend's hand in both of her own.<br/><br/>"Hoshino, at the risk of being a gaijin barbarian... can you please just tell me what you really mean?  I can't understand what you're trying to tell me when you talk like this."