[ His reaction is instantaneous, fingers twitching into a half-curl reflexively when he notes this stranger's guarded response. It's seemingly as instinctual as his own and something his subconscious registers as such, a bit more keenly observant than his muted response might hint. It may be dark out but the surrounding lights at least give him enough visibility of the other man's shadowed features to make a few quick assumptions: race, age, level of annoyance. ]
Easy there, Miss Cleo, pretty sure walking around me is still legal. Who knows, though. [ Right, he's immediately giving up the facade of being a local when faced with someone else who's equally displaced. Why even bother? ]
Anyway, sure explains why all the prices were written in "cunes". Fair bit of signage in there. [ Here he nods to the store from which he just emerged. ] Let me guess, you tried to pay in dollars.
... or yen. Or yuan. Or won. Bhat? Give me a hint.
I'm Chinese. (comes the stiff reply at the fishing, reluctant to speak with someone else who's now clearly from earth.) Never mind that it was someone else trying to pay me in yen. In any case, I got what I was owed.
(it's difficult to say whether he means the japanese kid paid with the proper currency, or in his eventual silence. his expression is flat, almost tired. it could be either.)
... what are you? (eyes drop, then raise just as quickly. he's not in anything typical of the united states.) Not American.
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Easy there, Miss Cleo, pretty sure walking around me is still legal. Who knows, though. [ Right, he's immediately giving up the facade of being a local when faced with someone else who's equally displaced. Why even bother? ]
Anyway, sure explains why all the prices were written in "cunes". Fair bit of signage in there. [ Here he nods to the store from which he just emerged. ] Let me guess, you tried to pay in dollars.
... or yen. Or yuan. Or won. Bhat? Give me a hint.
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(it's difficult to say whether he means the japanese kid paid with the proper currency, or in his eventual silence. his expression is flat, almost tired. it could be either.)
... what are you? (eyes drop, then raise just as quickly. he's not in anything typical of the united states.) Not American.