The three Japanese members of the team, Akari, Mei and Itsuki, looked on as the others continued to rib Jason. “Are they always like this?” Mei asked her sister. “It seems very disrespectful.” “I believe it’s an Australian cultural practice,” Akari said. “You get used to it.” “Do you really?” Itsuki asked. “Not really,” Akari admitted. “They’re all very strange.” “I thought Miss Hurin was from another universe, not Australia.” “She seems quite proficient at assimilating.”
