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[color=#a2a8ff]"I wouldn't ask if I didn't want to."[/color] Leagsaidh giggled, though not in a rude way [color=#a2a8ff]"Anyway, why wouldn't I want to sit next to you? You seem like a perfectly nice girl."[/color]

Again? Another blusher? That was twice today. She was on a roll. And there was still plenty of time to get a third for her hat-trick. And what was with that stare? Did she have something on her face? Maybe it was still red from her little 'chat' with Alice. Had she been crying without realising it? Her hand went to her face, but it was as dry as a bone. What had she been looking at? Leagsaidh's own cheeks went a light pink color as she sat down.

[color=#a2a8ff]"Well, it's nice to meet you, Miss Touka. Or should it be Touka-Chan here? Touka-Sama? Touka-Gozen, maybe? Or just Touka-han? No, that doesn't sound right. Too impersonal..."[/color] Leagsaidh detracted a little, pondering what honorific to address Touka with. Why couldn't it just be like Ireland where 'Miss' for unmarried women and 'Mrs' for married women would suffice?

 [color=#a2a8ff]"Heh, sorry. I'm still getting used to the culture here. I'm Leagsaidh O'Donnell, though just Lexy will suffice." [/color]

"Thank you for talking to me"? What kind of self-deprecation was that? How lonely does one have to be to end up thanking someone for talking to her? [color=#a2a8ff]"I'm surprised. A pretty girl like you should be surrounded by people. Why is there no-one over here?" [/color] She didn't say it to flirt. She was simply stating a fact. Touka was a good looking girl - in fact, dare she say, she was absolutely gorgeous, in the least-homosexual way possible - yet she conducted herself with such timidity, like she expected Leagsaidh to suddenly get bored of her and walk off. It was obfuscating, to say the least. Maybe she was just bashful?

[color=#a2a8ff]"I'm from Dublin, in Ireland. It's a beautiful country, though Japan comes pretty close."[/color] Her eyes lit up like candles as she spoke and she was getting increasingly passionate. [color=#a2a8ff]"Eire, in its home tongue. Home to the shamrock, Guiness and Saint Patrick.[/color].

She paused thoughtfully [color=#a2a8ff] "Actually, you might not know of Saint Patrick. He's more a Christian figure than a Shinto... Buddhist... erm, eastern figure.[/color]