[He'll glance down at his cup, his smile flattening just slightly.]
Yeah. I didn't know them very well myself, but you'd have to be blind not to tell that he was incredibly fond of them. It was about the only time he'd smile nonstop.
"English." [voiced out, the word foreign] So, a specific form of language, or is it something different that would give it its own teaching of literature?
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[his expression softens a bit]
He told me about them. Not by name, just. . . that one of the gods was someone he cared about deeply.
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Yeah. I didn't know them very well myself, but you'd have to be blind not to tell that he was incredibly fond of them. It was about the only time he'd smile nonstop.
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That's kind of dorky of him.
[but it's a fond little compliment-slash-insult]
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I'm sure you've done some dorky things around the girl you love, right?
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That's a secret.
[but he lifts a finger to his lips and gives Guy a playful wink, which is probably telling in and of itself]
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Ah, to be young.
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You're only as old as you feel, ojii-san.
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That earns a small but rippling laugh, his smile bright in an honest way for the first time in this conversation.]
Hey now, don't go calling me names in another language. I'll have to start sending you some cruel letters.
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[but Guy's earnest laugh is nice to hear, especially considering the events that occurred last night]
[. . . and what awaits them in the future]
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I'll pin you a sonnet on your front door listing all my greivances, then.
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[shakespeare]
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Uh.
[What.]
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[WAVES A HAND]
Nevermind.
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I would add that onto my list of name calling, but I'm pretty sure I didn't understood a single word of what you just said.
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. . . make jokes that people not from my world or world similar to mine don't get.
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That's just what happens with cultural differences. Don't beat yourself up.
Besides, that's not what I meant. You learned that through schooling, right?
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[idk Japanese schools but that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it]
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[both is good!]
We focus more on the language in school, but sometimes that draws us back to classical English literature. It all depend son the context.
time to trap al's typos again
NOOOOOOOO
[he realized they were speaking babelfish ages ago so it's fine]
But they make a point to teach us English in school, anyway.
[alongside Japanese]
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[This is wildly off topic from what Akira came to talk about, but Guy seems to be welcome to the distraction of talking about another person.]
Is schooling required for everyone where you live?
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[they might be wildly off topic, but Akira doesn't seem to mind. sometimes you just have to shoot the shit]
And it is until we reach about 18, though you have to pass certain tests before being promoted to the next level.
At 18 we take university entrance exams, which determine if we can pursue higher education or not.
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