I grew up in a pretty boring town, but now I live in Tokyo for school. It's a big city with... lots of problems, but it's fun. I'm guessing you've never seen a skyscraper?
Yeah, the population of the Earth is growing like crazy. You seem like you would be from a much earlier time in our history, where towns and cities weren't that big.
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Oh, I see...
[ this tells her very little about him. ]
What about, er... the place you come from? Do you study or work there?
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help, she's cute, and he laughs a little ]
I grew up in a pretty boring town, but now I live in Tokyo for school. It's a big city with... lots of problems, but it's fun. I'm guessing you've never seen a skyscraper?
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and realizing that's not any different from her other looks, so she adds, ]
No. What is it?
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They're just crazy high buildings. Some of them can be 50 or 60 floors high. But Tokyo's full of them, and plenty of people.
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I've never been to a city, but I never thought that the difference could be that enormous.
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What's the name of where you're from, anyway?
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