It's ridiculous for Yoshiki to give Reyson a perplexed look. He realizes that when his brain catches up to his impulse to do just that, leaving him blinking and flustered when he looks away again.
"My family's not from around here," he says, which is true in a sense that leaves out all of the most immediately relevant pieces of context, "Guessin' you might not have the country of Japan where you come from."
Earlier, Yoshiki had been thinking how relatively lucky he was he was still in a town built by humans, for humans. But it's not exactly like home. The details, the feel of it, those are all different. Another wave of homesickness rises and falls over him, pointless and hopeless.
"America's real different." And so is the time, which he doesn't even want to start to get into.
(And why is that? Why doesn't he just tell Reyson the truth, directly, that they've got this thing in common? Neither of them are supposed to be here - so what's he scared of?)
boys' shopping trip for striped fingerless gloves and chunky studded belts
"My family's not from around here," he says, which is true in a sense that leaves out all of the most immediately relevant pieces of context, "Guessin' you might not have the country of Japan where you come from."
Earlier, Yoshiki had been thinking how relatively lucky he was he was still in a town built by humans, for humans. But it's not exactly like home. The details, the feel of it, those are all different. Another wave of homesickness rises and falls over him, pointless and hopeless.
"America's real different." And so is the time, which he doesn't even want to start to get into.
(And why is that? Why doesn't he just tell Reyson the truth, directly, that they've got this thing in common? Neither of them are supposed to be here - so what's he scared of?)