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Alas, not as good as I would have hoped. Unfortunately, I was a little preoccupied this past month.

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[There's surprise and amusement in his smile, and suddenly it looks a lot more genuine.]

Ah, maybe I'll just have to take you up on that. I could always use help on my English - I spoke Japanese before coming here, and I'd only had a couple semesters of English at the time.

Are you any good with musical instruments?

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[themuse]

I know a little guitar.

["Know" is a... relative term. She's been trying to teach herself guitar but she's not very good at it.]

But English, I definitely got you covered. Actually... [She pauses.] My boyfriend is a writer back home. Career-wise, and I'm sure he could help with papers and that kind of thing.

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Well, you are almost certainly better than I at it. The only reason I am not failing instrumental music is because it is mostly based on effort, not actual talent. [He's a little overly cheerful about how bad at music he is.

He smiles a little more broadly.]

I will keep that in mind, if I need someone to look over one of my papers.

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[themuse]

I'm sure that Castle would be willing to help. [He probably wouldn't but Kate would make him.] I can teach you a few chords. Maybe enough for you to feel like you can put some effort into it.

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Arigato, gozai - ah. I mean, thank you.

[He gives a bit of a chuckle.] See, if I'm not careful, I can still lapse back into Japanese on instinct.

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[themuse]

[She smiles.]

Then in exchange maybe you could teach me a little Japanese.