Mele seemed to react poorly to being called 'Miss.' Was Soma being too formal? She nodded quickly. "All right, Mele. And you can call me Soma."

The concept of 'normal,' Soma had found, wasn't nearly as easily definable as she had thought it was before. Mele's world certainly didn't sound very much like hers.

"I've never heard of Juken or either of the schools you mentioned. What are they?"