"It's less technologically advanced than Earth. Even this version of Earth, to a degree..." Leon paused, wondering if he should be mentioning things like that. If Claude said this was the past, then perhaps he shouldn't give away too much. "We're further advanced with Heraldry, though," he continued with some amount of pride. "That's like magic, really. I'm a heraldric scientist, so I study both."

Then he grinned. "I have heard of Japan, though. Maybe not that particular part of it, but it seems like there's a good number of people from there. Maybe it's important somehow."