Jessica nods with a grin.  "Yes, sorry," she replies in English.  "Jessica is my given name, and Kane is my family name.  Last name, we say in English, because it comes, well, last, the way we say it.  Sorry, I keep forgetting that it's, well, not done, in Japanese.  I hope I didn't offend."<br/><br/>Jessi found herself warming to this, well, unusual girl in her boy's clothing that only highlighted how much she wasn't a boy.  And thank God there was someone she could ask about the cultural stuff, and clarify in English if necessary.  The grammar and vocabulary of Japanese hadn't been difficult for Jessica to master, but the way Japanese saw the world used their language still mystified her sometimes.