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[b]Interactions:[/b] Rikuo Watanayima ([@Polaris North]), Alekos Maximos Asclepius ([@Saarebas]), Zentaro Kobashigawa ([@Bornlucky])[/center][hr]

Just as he finished introduced himself, Noah noted the somewhat queried reactions of the taller pink-haired boy, who later introduced himself as Zentaro, and the boy with the glasses, who was named Rikuo. It was clear that they picked up on how weird it was for a girl to have a name commonly reserved for boys. Noah's mother Cameron had that same complication, but [i]she[/i] at least had the right reproductive organs to assure people that she was in fact a woman. The case was not the same for Noah at all. Thankfully, neither of the two had pressed for Noah's true gender, as he wasn't sure whether to drop the bombshell right then and there or hold off just a little longer. However...

[color=f6989d]"Your Japanese is... passable. Better then my English, no doubt."[/color]

[color=ed1c24]"Hm? OH!! Er, [i]thank[/i] you, I(!)... it's still a little rusty, I know,"[/color] Noah had to admit, although he was still shocked that he received such a compliment from Zentaro, [color=ed1c24]"My parents taught me enough to scrape by light conversation, but... that speech from assembly just flew right over my head. I couldn't make heads or tails off of it."[/color]

He looked down at his phone as he completed what he wanted to say, if only so he could confirm that what he was saying in Japanese came out right back to him in English. It was a good thing that the translator was working in perfect order, as there was no other way that Noah could sit through the impending lecture and expect to grasp any of it. Noah had only one earphone in, so he could still listen for when the teacher called everyone's attention. Or in this case, Alekos explaining that he was born and raised in Japan, surprisingly, and that it was through living with a foster-home with a lot of foreigners that he managed to pick up English.

[color=ed1c24]"I was born in Shinjuku, actually,"[/color] Noah stated, figuring it was about time for [i]his[/i] story, [color=ed1c24]"But I guess I hadn't enough exposure to the Japanese culture. My dad's Australian and my mom's American, so... no wonder English was my first language?"[/color]

Noah shrugged his shoulders at that last part. He could only hope that would explain his predicament.