He had no idea what those places were in the weeks before, but since he'd had time to study up, Reno was able to nod with an impressed look. It paid to be observant, and in the time he waited to call Maki back, the Turk had done his research.
"Long way from home, but for a good cause. That's pretty admirable," he mused after ordering a real drink, a light chaser and some onion rings. what? He was a man of simple pleasures. Beer and onion rings were the light meal of the hungry man.
"I've never been, but I'd love to visit. Probably right up my alley," he remarked, reminded of the pictures he'd seen in the book he'd flipped through. Looked kind of like Wutai in some places.
"I might be uncultured as hell to some people, but I love experiencing other cultures. Wutai is one of my favorite places to go for work, even if I hate rough living - they don't have like...AC and stuff out there. It's real rural. But man, the buildings are awesome, the people are really cool and the statues are neat. You got stuff kinda like that in Japan, right? Big cities, too, though. I like that. City life and traditional culture right next to each other. Sounds like my thing," he nodded, sniffing faintly and thanking the server that brought over their first set of ordered drinks. in that moment, maybe Maki could see it, the potential for someone like Reno in Japan. Yakuza, no question. He didn't have the tattoos as far as it looked, and he might have looked more Korean than Japanese, strictly speaking, but it was there in the tone and the way he carried himself.
If it weren't for the uniforms in the photos he could have been a gangster, easily. whatever he did for a living was obviously more structured, but only just, if they hired someone like the redhead.
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"Long way from home, but for a good cause. That's pretty admirable," he mused after ordering a real drink, a light chaser and some onion rings. what? He was a man of simple pleasures. Beer and onion rings were the light meal of the hungry man.
"I've never been, but I'd love to visit. Probably right up my alley," he remarked, reminded of the pictures he'd seen in the book he'd flipped through. Looked kind of like Wutai in some places.
"I might be uncultured as hell to some people, but I love experiencing other cultures. Wutai is one of my favorite places to go for work, even if I hate rough living - they don't have like...AC and stuff out there. It's real rural. But man, the buildings are awesome, the people are really cool and the statues are neat. You got stuff kinda like that in Japan, right? Big cities, too, though. I like that. City life and traditional culture right next to each other. Sounds like my thing," he nodded, sniffing faintly and thanking the server that brought over their first set of ordered drinks. in that moment, maybe Maki could see it, the potential for someone like Reno in Japan. Yakuza, no question. He didn't have the tattoos as far as it looked, and he might have looked more Korean than Japanese, strictly speaking, but it was there in the tone and the way he carried himself.
If it weren't for the uniforms in the photos he could have been a gangster, easily. whatever he did for a living was obviously more structured, but only just, if they hired someone like the redhead.