"That's off the mark for me, then. But yeah... Can't say I heard of them, or what they do."
[That next comment makes him pause, draw his hand back and scratch at his head.]
"You know about those-?
...Wait. What do you mean 'years ago?' They're a current issue."
[That bit of head scratching makes a lot of things suddenly click into place for Akihiko, and he gives the stranger a measuring look.]
"Not to be rude. But... Where and when did you say you were from, beyond Japan? I'm not putting weird time stuff outside of possibility, in a place like this."
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[That next comment makes him pause, draw his hand back and scratch at his head.]
"You know about those-?
...Wait. What do you mean 'years ago?' They're a current issue."
[That bit of head scratching makes a lot of things suddenly click into place for Akihiko, and he gives the stranger a measuring look.]
"Not to be rude. But... Where and when did you say you were from, beyond Japan? I'm not putting weird time stuff outside of possibility, in a place like this."