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Kina started as a boy sitting right in front of him turned suddenly and introduced himself as Julio. His eyes skittered over the boy's face and distinct East Asian features, taking the offered hand and giving a small smile. He looked vaguely familiar, but in a way Kina could not pinpoint. [color=f7941d]"I'll try to keep that in mind,"[/color] he said. [color=f7941d]"I'm from a small town in England."[/color] His head tilted to the side, and he hedged a guess. [color=f7941d]"Korea?"[/color]

Just as he was about to reply with his own name, a girl with blonde curls and energy levels Kina could [i]feel[/i] in proximity sat herself down next to Kina. Bryn grinned, and Kina felt his own lips twitch upwards in a more tentative mimic as his attention was diverted. [color=f7941d]"That...might have something to do with it."[/color] He chuckled nervously, starting to sit up straighter in growing company. [color=f7941d]"I'm - "[/color]

And then another girl appeared, black locks falling primly over the back of her dress, purple to match her shoes. Introducing herself as Raquel, she gave him her hand to shake and took a seat.

Alarm now growing slightly in the pit of his stomach, Kina's smile became smaller, more nervous. With more people, came larger margin of error for making one mistake or another. And in a new school on a new continent, that helped matters none. [color=f7941d]"It is all right,"[/color] he said in reply to Raquel's question. Was his voice audibly smaller? [color=f7941d]"Just a little different from what I am used to."[/color] Noisier, with more congestion, and people who either looked up too few times to notice the sidewalk dandelions - the remedy for discontentment, with a dosage of [i]just one glance[/i] - or walked with their chins jaunty and high and thought they walked above the clouds in their gaze. The environment in this place could be so toxic. Kina did not know if the brevity of his one-week stay so far was something to take solace in, or shudder at. 

He looked in turn at the three around him, hiding his anxiety behind a deflective question. [color=f7941d]"Though I guess it is home to you, and not so strange. My name is Kina. Kina Listig. What do you study?"[/color]