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[digthefuzz]

This is the final resting place of many threads...

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[strengthofwheel]

Hmm... For starters, how about your impression of this place so far. We can go from there.

[As he says that, he has to pause to dig for his notebook, the few notes he already made firmly lodged on the last page when he flips it open from the wrong side. It's all in Japanese though, not as neat as he usually writes, but good enough.]

[digthefuzz]

Um... How about for one: spooky central! I haven't seen anything dangerous here yet, but almost everything's creeped me out!

[he smiles.] Except for the food! [With a light pat at his belly.]

[strengthofwheel]

[That earns a laugh, just slightly more than a chuckle to be honest.]

You know, you're the first one I've met who didn't have any complaints about the food.

[He was more interested in people's reactions rather than the meal itself, but that was hardly worth mentioning.] I have to agree that this place is really creepy. School almost seems normal now.

[digthefuzz]

Everyone else is just picky! [He waves that off.] You can never go wrong with pizza.

What kind of school did you go to?

[strengthofwheel]

A big fan of pizza, I take it?

[Well, that's a safe question at least.] I'd say a rather typical one. I came from Ugumori High. And you? You don't happen to be a foreign exchange student, right?

[digthefuzz]

The biggest!

Hey, how did you know? [He says with his distinctive German accent.] I'm from Germany, but I've been going to school in America. Bayville High! It's... pretty normal! [In a world with mutants.] And I also get lessons at the place where I live, the Xavier Institute!

[strengthofwheel]

I'll make sure I'll give you my share next time then. [He likes pizza well enough but he rather likes the Japanese fusion types, not... these.]

I had a feeling, that's all. [Or rather, he was guessing since he's not Japanese and this school is closer to Japanese than German. He's not going to correct the misunderstanding though, since he did clarify it all on his own.]

Studying twice as much? That's diligent. What kind of lessons do you get in the institute?

[digthefuzz]

If you insist! That's too much generosity.

And, uh... it's not too much studying! The Institute... it's kind of a home for the gifted and talented, you know? So we just get help developing our talents. Plus... recreational things - like gymnastics!

[strengthofwheel]

I insist.

[Too much? Nah. It's not like Kurt can eat their whole supply of pizza, right? He actually has no idea.]

A home for the gifted and talented?

[That is an... unusually broad term. Nao does seem somewhat confused at the choice of words, though the smile is still in place as if he was debating whether or not to ask.

The answer is simple enough.]

What kind of talents are we talking about here?

[digthefuzz]

Oh, um, plenty of kinds! [He's not sure if he should spill the truth or not.

But he doesn't want to raise any red flags against mutants, so he tries to play it cool.]

Gymnastics, being smart, stuff like that!

[strengthofwheel]

[Not quite as smooth as you think, Kurt.

There's a small twitch in Nao's mouth, trying to hold back a smile or maybe a laugh at the way he tries to dodge the topic with... generalization. On the other hand...]

You must really like your gymnastics. [Since he doesn't think the latter two explains anything at all.] You should show me sometime, when you're not falling over your own feet.

[This time, the chuckle does escape him.]