"Konnichiwa," Lydia repeated dutifully, if butchering it even worse than she did French. "Genkidesu ka." Was she at all close? Maybe. Look, she tried.

"That's true about America," she supposed. What with their rebellious natures and coffee and all, they couldn't possibly be expected to hold to proper etiquette, and honestly Lydia found it all a bit much herself...although she wasn't sure she could bring herself to call a teacher by their first name!