[So, here's a fun fact about Guido Mista. He doesn't do any of that international relations shit himself, or trade, or anything really remotely related, because he's no diplomat and he doesn't want to be. But: he does need to know some basic phrases. While Can you speak Japanese in Japanese is not one of them, he does recognize the word Japanese in Japanese. The rest is context clues.]
[He regards Shinjiro with a long, slow blink before it clicks. Ah. This . . . this is some shenanigans, ain't it.]
[After another moment, he breaks into a wide grin.]
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[He regards Shinjiro with a long, slow blink before it clicks. Ah. This . . . this is some shenanigans, ain't it.]
[After another moment, he breaks into a wide grin.]