july log overflow.

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[finatic]

[Oh yes... introductions. He's sort of used to being infamous. oops.]

Kagami Naoto. I don't really care what you call me.

[condoner]

Is that in Western or Eastern order? I'm-- well, we speak a lot of English where I'm from, so sometimes we introduce ourselves with our first name first.

[ ah... pp world is just so confusing. ]

It's nice to meet you, either way.

ten yrs later w/ starbucks

[finatic]

[English... how foreign and abhorrent. He gives her a look like 'there's only one order, don't be weird.']

It's Japanese. But like I said, you can call me whatever you want. [....] English, huh? Why?

[condoner]

It's how society's evolved... now, English is also prominently used in conversations and in writing.

[ and everywhere else, tbh... ]

[finatic]

[what a disappointment...] Why not Japanese?

[condoner]

English is the universal language, isn't it? And our government just adapted it into our culture, making sure everybody learns English as well as Japanese in school.

[ gotta keep being a first-world country, after all. ]

[finatic]

[her world sure is weird.] Oh.

That's a shame.

[condoner]

[ weird is an understatement... ]

Why do you say that?

[finatic]

[who even thinks of this stuff...

anyway, simply:] I can't stand foreigners.

[condoner]

Ah... I see.

[ she'd like to ask why, but it might be too privy especially since they just met. ]