He hadn't met anyone from Japan? Anise looked around the room, expecting to see tons... but there was only one person she recognized as being from there: Soushi. Everyone else... Were they gone? An empty feeling formed in the pit of her stomach, and she quickly took a few more bites of pancakes in some hope that it would make her feel better.

"I'm from Auldrant! That's... the planet's name, I mean," she clarified, still finding it a bit awkward that she had to be so clear about it. "Most people haven't heard of it."