"Japan? I've heard of that place!" Anise said, looking proud of herself. "I know a lot of people from Japan." Well, knew was more accurate. A lot of them had disappeared; more than she wanted to think about. In any case, that meant this kid was from Earth, so he probably wasn't experiencing nearly as much culture shock as Anise had.

She hoped that didn't sound too weird just now, but if Kyousuke had been at the institute for five days already, he had to know about other worlds, right?